Haggai 2:14

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Haggai replied: So is this people, and so is this nation in my sight—oracle of the Lord— And so is all the work of their hands; what they offer there is defiled.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, the more so when they offer it with bad intent.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked will fail.

Proverbs 28:9

Those who turn their ears from hearing instruction, even their prayer is an abomination.

Isaiah 66:3

The one slaughtering an ox, striking a man, sacrificing a lamb, breaking a dog’s neck, Making an offering of pig’s blood, burning incense, honoring an idol— These have chosen their own ways, and taken pleasure in their own abominations.

Hosea 9:4

They will not pour libations of wine to the Lord, and their sacrifices will not please him. Their bread will be like mourners’ bread, that makes unclean all who eat of it; Their food will be for their own appetites; it cannot enter the house of the Lord.

Titus 1:15

To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted.

Jude 1:23

save others by snatching them out of the fire; on others have mercy with fear, abhorring even the outer garment stained by the flesh. Doxology.