Ezekiel 20:3

Modern King James Version

Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah: Have you come to ask of Me? As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful to God; how much more when he brings it with a wicked mind?

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is a hateful thing.

Isaiah 1:12

When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?

Isaiah 1:15

And when you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; yea, when you make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and one who did not forget the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in drawing near to God.

Ezekiel 14:1

And some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

Ezekiel 20:2

And came the Word of Jehovah to me, saying,

Ezekiel 20:31

For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I Live, says the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

Ezekiel 33:30

And you, son of man, the sons of your people are still talking about you by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speaking to one another, each man to his brother, saying, I pray you, come and hear what is the Word which comes from Jehovah.

Amos 8:12

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the Word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

Micah 3:7

And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners ashamed; yea, they shall all cover their mustache, for there is no answer from God.

Matthew 3:7

But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Luke 3:7

Then he said to the crowd that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

John 4:24

God is a spirit, and they who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.

1 Samuel 28:6

And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.