Parallel Verses
- New International Version - Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
- 新标点和合本 - 你们不要再献虚浮的供物。 香品是我所憎恶的； 月朔和安息日，并宣召的大会， 也是我所憎恶的； 作罪孽，又守严肃会， 我也不能容忍。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 不要再献无谓的供物了， 香是我所憎恶的。 我不能容忍行恶又守严肃会： 初一、安息日和召集的大会。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 不要再献无谓的供物了， 香是我所憎恶的。 我不能容忍行恶又守严肃会： 初一、安息日和召集的大会。
- 当代译本 - 不要再带毫无意义的祭物了。 我憎恶你们烧的香。 我无法容忍你们又作恶又举行庄严的聚会， 就是你们的朔日 、安息日和大会。
- 圣经新译本 - 不要再带没有意义的供物来了， 烧献祭物的香气也是我厌恶的。 我厌烦月朔、安息日和集会； 作罪孽又守严肃会，是我不能容忍的。
- 中文标准译本 - 不要再带无用的供物了！ 献祭的香，是我所憎恶的； 新月节、安息日、宣召的聚会——邪恶的严肃集会， 是我不能容忍的。
- 现代标点和合本 - 你们不要再献虚浮的供物！ 香品是我所憎恶的， 月朔和安息日并宣召的大会 也是我所憎恶的， 做罪孽又守严肃会 我也不能容忍。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 你们不要再献虚浮的供物。 香品是我所憎恶的； 月朔和安息日，并宣召的大会， 也是我所憎恶的； 作罪孽，又守严肃会， 我也不能容忍。
- New International Reader's Version - Stop bringing offerings that do not mean anything to me! I hate your incense. I can’t stand your worthless gatherings. I can’t stand the way you celebrate your New Moon feasts, Sabbath days and special services.
- English Standard Version - Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
- New Living Translation - Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.
- The Message - “Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games: Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings— meetings, meetings, meetings—I can’t stand one more! Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You’ve worn me out! I’m sick of your religion, religion, religion, while you go right on sinning. When you put on your next prayer-performance, I’ll be looking the other way. No matter how long or loud or often you pray, I’ll not be listening. And do you know why? Because you’ve been tearing people to pieces, and your hands are bloody. Go home and wash up. Clean up your act. Sweep your lives clean of your evildoings so I don’t have to look at them any longer. Say no to wrong. Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenseless.
- Christian Standard Bible - Stop bringing useless offerings. Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies — I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.
- New American Standard Bible - Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and Sabbath, the proclamation of an assembly— I cannot endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly.
- New King James Version - Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
- Amplified Bible - Do not bring worthless offerings again, [Your] incense is repulsive to Me; [Your] New Moon and Sabbath [observances], the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing] and [the squalor of] the festive assembly.
- American Standard Version - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.
- King James Version - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
- New English Translation - Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!
- World English Bible - Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t stand evil assemblies.
- 新標點和合本 - 你們不要再獻虛浮的供物。 香品是我所憎惡的； 月朔和安息日，並宣召的大會， 也是我所憎惡的； 作罪孽，又守嚴肅會， 我也不能容忍。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 不要再獻無謂的供物了， 香是我所憎惡的。 我不能容忍行惡又守嚴肅會： 初一、安息日和召集的大會。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 不要再獻無謂的供物了， 香是我所憎惡的。 我不能容忍行惡又守嚴肅會： 初一、安息日和召集的大會。
- 當代譯本 - 不要再帶毫無意義的祭物了。 我憎惡你們燒的香。 我無法容忍你們又作惡又舉行莊嚴的聚會， 就是你們的朔日 、安息日和大會。
- 聖經新譯本 - 不要再帶沒有意義的供物來了， 燒獻祭物的香氣也是我厭惡的。 我厭煩月朔、安息日和集會； 作罪孽又守嚴肅會，是我不能容忍的。
- 呂振中譯本 - 不要再帶虛浮的供物來了； 獻祭的燻氣是我所厭惡； 月初一和安息日、聚會之召集—— 禁食 和聖節會、我容忍不住。
- 中文標準譯本 - 不要再帶無用的供物了！ 獻祭的香，是我所憎惡的； 新月節、安息日、宣召的聚會——邪惡的嚴肅集會， 是我不能容忍的。
- 現代標點和合本 - 你們不要再獻虛浮的供物！ 香品是我所憎惡的， 月朔和安息日並宣召的大會 也是我所憎惡的， 做罪孽又守嚴肅會 我也不能容忍。
- 文理和合譯本 - 虛有之禮物、勿復獻之、馨香我所憎、月朔安息集會為可惡、作惡而守肅會、我不容之、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 毋徒獻禮物、若馨香、月朔、安息日、聖會大日、俱我所厭棄、爾守節期、又復為惡、故我不悅。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 毋復獻無益之祭、馨香 馨香或作焚香 我甚憎之、月朔、安息日、大會之日、我所厭棄、守節期、又復行惡、我所不容、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - No me sigan trayendo vanas ofrendas; el incienso es para mí una abominación. Luna nueva, día de reposo, asambleas convocadas; ¡no soporto que con su adoración me ofendan!
- 현대인의 성경 - 너희는 무가치한 제물을 더 이상 가져오지 말아라. 너희가 분향하는 것도 나는 싫어졌다. 너희가 초하루와 안식일과 그 밖의 명절을 지키고 종교적인 모임을 가지면서도 악을 행하는 것을 내가 차마 볼 수 없구나.
- Новый Русский Перевод - не приносите больше бессмысленных даров; благовония Мне противны. Ваши Новолуния, субботы , созывы собраний не терплю – это праздники с беззаконием.
- Восточный перевод - не приносите больше бессмысленных даров; благовония Мне противны. Ваши Новолуния, субботы, созывы собраний не терплю – это праздники с беззаконием.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - не приносите больше бессмысленных даров; благовония Мне противны. Ваши Новолуния, субботы, созывы собраний не терплю – это праздники с беззаконием.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - не приносите больше бессмысленных даров; благовония Мне противны. Ваши Новолуния, субботы, созывы собраний не терплю – это праздники с беззаконием.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Cessez de m’apporter ╵d’inutiles offrandes : j’ai l’encens en horreur ; quant aux nouvelles lunes, ╵aux sabbats et aux assemblées, je ne veux plus ╵de ces rassemblements de culte ╵de gens qui font le mal.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Parem de trazer ofertas inúteis! O incenso de vocês é repugnante para mim. Luas novas, sábados e reuniões! Não consigo suportar suas assembleias cheias de iniquidade.
- Hoffnung für alle - Hört endlich mit diesen nutzlosen Opfern auf! Ich kann euren Weihrauch nicht mehr riechen. Ihr feiert bei Neumond und am Sabbat, ihr kommt zu den Gottesdiensten und den jährlichen Festen zusammen, aber ich verabscheue sie, weil ihr an euren Sünden festhaltet.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đừng dâng tế lễ vô nghĩa cho Ta nữa; mùi hương của lễ vật làm Ta ghê tởm! Cũng như ngày trăng mới, và ngày Sa-bát cùng những ngày đặc biệt để kiêng ăn— tất cả đều đầy tội lỗi và giả dối. Ta không chịu các ngươi cứ phạm tội rồi lại tổ chức lễ lạc.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - หยุดนำเครื่องบูชาที่ไร้ความหมายมาให้เราได้แล้ว! เราสะอิดสะเอียนเครื่องหอมของเจ้า เราทนการประชุมอันเลวทรามของเจ้าไม่ได้อีกแล้ว ไม่ว่าจะเป็นการประชุมในวันขึ้นหนึ่งค่ำ วันสะบาโตและการชุมนุมอันบริสุทธิ์ใดๆ
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่านำเครื่องสักการะซึ่งไม่มีความหมายมาถวายอีก เครื่องหอมเป็นสิ่งน่ารังเกียจสำหรับเรา รวมทั้งเทศกาลข้างขึ้น วันสะบาโต และการเรียกประชุมในเทศกาลต่างๆ เราทนต่อการประชุมเทศกาลที่เกี่ยวโยงกับความชั่วร้ายไม่ได้
Cross Reference
- Philippians 1:15 - It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.
- Numbers 28:1 - The Lord said to Moses,
- Numbers 28:2 - “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.’
- Numbers 28:3 - Say to them: ‘This is the food offering you are to present to the Lord: two lambs a year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day.
- Numbers 28:4 - Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,
- Numbers 28:5 - together with a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil from pressed olives.
- Numbers 28:6 - This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord.
- Numbers 28:7 - The accompanying drink offering is to be a quarter of a hin of fermented drink with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the Lord at the sanctuary.
- Numbers 28:8 - Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering that you offer in the morning. This is a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
- Numbers 28:9 - “ ‘On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect, together with its drink offering and a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil.
- Numbers 28:10 - This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
- Numbers 28:11 - “ ‘On the first of every month, present to the Lord a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.
- Numbers 28:12 - With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil;
- Numbers 28:13 - and with each lamb, a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord.
- Numbers 28:14 - With each bull there is to be a drink offering of half a hin of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin ; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon during the year.
- Numbers 28:15 - Besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the Lord as a sin offering.
- Numbers 28:16 - “ ‘On the fourteenth day of the first month the Lord’s Passover is to be held.
- Numbers 28:17 - On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a festival; for seven days eat bread made without yeast.
- Numbers 28:18 - On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
- Numbers 28:19 - Present to the Lord a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.
- Numbers 28:20 - With each bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;
- Numbers 28:21 - and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.
- Numbers 28:22 - Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.
- Numbers 28:23 - Offer these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
- Numbers 28:24 - In this way present the food offering every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the Lord; it is to be offered in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
- Numbers 28:25 - On the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
- Numbers 28:26 - “ ‘On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the Lord an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
- Numbers 28:27 - Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
- Numbers 28:28 - With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;
- Numbers 28:29 - and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.
- Psalm 78:40 - How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
- Deuteronomy 16:1 - Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night.
- Deuteronomy 16:2 - Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.
- Deuteronomy 16:3 - Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 16:4 - Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until morning.
- Deuteronomy 16:5 - You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you
- Deuteronomy 16:6 - except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 16:7 - Roast it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.
- Deuteronomy 16:8 - For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the Lord your God and do no work.
- Deuteronomy 16:9 - Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
- Deuteronomy 16:10 - Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.
- Deuteronomy 16:11 - And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.
- Deuteronomy 16:12 - Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.
- Deuteronomy 16:13 - Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
- Deuteronomy 16:14 - Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.
- Deuteronomy 16:15 - For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 - Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:
- Deuteronomy 16:17 - Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 - Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 - Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
- Deuteronomy 16:20 - Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 16:21 - Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,
- Deuteronomy 16:22 - and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the Lord your God hates.
- Ephesians 4:30 - And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Leviticus 23:1 - The Lord said to Moses,
- Leviticus 23:2 - “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Leviticus 23:3 - “ ‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
- Leviticus 23:4 - “ ‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:
- Leviticus 23:5 - The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Leviticus 23:6 - On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.
- Leviticus 23:7 - On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
- Leviticus 23:8 - For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’ ”
- Leviticus 23:9 - The Lord said to Moses,
- Leviticus 23:10 - “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.
- Leviticus 23:11 - He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
- Leviticus 23:12 - On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old without defect,
- Leviticus 23:13 - together with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine.
- Leviticus 23:14 - You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain, until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:15 - “ ‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.
- Leviticus 23:16 - Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.
- Leviticus 23:17 - From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord.
- Leviticus 23:18 - Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
- Leviticus 23:19 - Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering.
- Leviticus 23:20 - The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest.
- Leviticus 23:21 - On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:22 - “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’ ”
- Leviticus 23:23 - The Lord said to Moses,
- Leviticus 23:24 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.
- Leviticus 23:25 - Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’ ”
- Leviticus 23:26 - The Lord said to Moses,
- Leviticus 23:27 - “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present a food offering to the Lord.
- Leviticus 23:28 - Do not do any work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God.
- Leviticus 23:29 - Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.
- Leviticus 23:30 - I will destroy from among their people anyone who does any work on that day.
- Leviticus 23:31 - You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:32 - It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”
- Leviticus 23:33 - The Lord said to Moses,
- Leviticus 23:34 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.
- Leviticus 23:35 - The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work.
- Leviticus 23:36 - For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the Lord. It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.
- Leviticus 23:37 - (“ ‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings required for each day.
- Leviticus 23:38 - These offerings are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths and in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings you give to the Lord.)
- Leviticus 23:39 - “ ‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the Lord for seven days; the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest.
- Leviticus 23:40 - On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.
- Leviticus 23:41 - Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month.
- Leviticus 23:42 - Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters
- Leviticus 23:43 - so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’ ”
- Leviticus 23:44 - So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 23:31 - and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.
- Jeremiah 7:9 - “ ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,
- Jeremiah 7:10 - and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?
- Proverbs 21:27 - The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent!
- Joel 1:14 - Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
- Exodus 12:16 - On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.
- Lamentations 2:6 - He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.
- 1 Corinthians 11:17 - In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
- Matthew 15:9 - They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ ”
- Luke 11:42 - “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
- Joel 2:15 - Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.
- Malachi 1:10 - “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
- Ezekiel 20:39 - “ ‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.
- Isaiah 66:3 - But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;