Ezekiel 20:3

New Century Version

“Human, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: Did you come to ask me questions? As surely as I live, I will not let you ask me questions.’

Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice that the wicked offer, but he likes the prayers of honest people.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord hates sacrifices brought by evil people, particularly when they offer them for the wrong reasons.

Proverbs 28:9

If you refuse to obey what you have been taught, your prayers will not be heard.

Isaiah 1:12

You come to meet with me, but who asked you to do all this running in and out of my Temple’s rooms?

Isaiah 1:15

When you raise your arms to me in prayer, I will refuse to look at you. Even if you say many prayers, I will not listen to you, because your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 58:2

They still come every day looking for me and want to learn my ways. They act just like a nation that does what is right, that obeys the commands of its God. They ask me to judge them fairly. They want God to be near them.

Ezekiel 14:1

Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 20:2

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

Ezekiel 20:31

When you offer your children as gifts and sacrifice them in the fire, you are making yourselves unclean with all your idols even today. So, people of Israel, should I let you ask me questions? As surely as I live, says the Lord God, I will not accept questions from you.

Ezekiel 33:30

“But as for you, human, your people are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of houses. They say to each other: ‘Come now, and hear the message from the Lord.’

Amos 8:12

They will wander from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea, from the north to the east. They will search for the word of the Lord, but they won’t find it.

Micah 3:7

The seers will be ashamed; the people who see the future will be embarrassed. Yes, all of them will cover their mouths, because there will be no answer from God.”

Matthew 3:7

Many of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You are snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s coming punishment?

Luke 3:7

To the crowds of people who came to be baptized by John, he said, “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s coming punishment?

John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

1 Samuel 28:6

He prayed to the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him through dreams, Urim, or prophets.