Isaiah 1:12

The Passion Translation

When you come before my face, who asked you to come trampling on my courtyards?

Cross References

Psalm 40:6

It’s not sacrifices that really move your heart. Burnt offerings, sin offerings—those aren’t what bring you joy. But when you open my ears and speak to me, I become your willing servant, your prisoner of love for life.

Jeremiah 7:11

Do you really consider this house that bears my name to be a robbers’ den? I know everything that you have been doing! I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Matthew 23:5

Everything they do is done for show and to be noticed by others. They want to be seen as holy, so they wear oversized prayer boxes on their arms and foreheads with Scriptures inside, and wear extra-long tassels on their outer garments.