Proverbs 15:8
"The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight."
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- Proverbs 15:29
"The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - 1 Chronicles 29:17
"I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 21:27
"The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 6:20
"To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 28:9
"He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 1:10
"Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 61:8
"For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them."
Read in chapter → - John 4:24
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 5:1
"Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 66:3
"He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations."
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