Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

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They seek

Isaiah 1:11
"Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?" says the Lord. "I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.
Isaiah 29:13
The sovereign master says, "These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
Isaiah 48:1
Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name 'Israel,' and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel -- but not in an honest and just manner.
Deuteronomy 5:28
When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he said to me, "I have heard what these people have said to you -- they have spoken well.
1 Samuel 15:21
But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle -- the best of what was to be slaughtered -- to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal."
Proverbs 15:8
The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Ezekiel 33:30
"But as for you, son of man, your people (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 'Come hear the word that comes from the Lord.'
Matthew 15:7
Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
Mark 4:16
These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.
Mark 6:20
because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.
John 5:35
He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

They ask

Jeremiah 42:2
They said to him, "Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.
Mark 12:14
When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"
James 1:21
So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.
1 Peter 2:1
So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

General references

Isaiah 57:12
I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.
Mark 10:20
The man said to him, "Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

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