Isaiah 1:12

New Living Translation

When you come to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?

Cross References

Psalm 40:6

You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings. Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand— you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.

Exodus 23:17

At these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the Lord.

Exodus 34:23

Three times each year every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the Lord, the God of Israel.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.

Jeremiah 7:11

Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Micah 6:8

No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Zechariah 7:5

“Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?

Matthew 23:5

“Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.

Deuteronomy 16:16

“Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the Lord without a gift for him.