Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your step when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
Exodus 3:5
He said, "Do not come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Psalm 89:7
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind.
Isaiah 1:12-20
When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
Isaiah 66:3
He who slaughters an ox is like one who strikes down a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
Jeremiah 7:21-23
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.
Hosea 6:6-7
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Acts 10:33
Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by the Lord."
1 Corinthians 11:22
What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's church, and put them to shame who do not have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.
Hebrews 10:26
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 12:28-29
So since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, through which we may offer service pleasing to God, with reverence and awe,
James 1:19
This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
1 Peter 2:1-2
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander,
Genesis 4:3-5
As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground.
Genesis 28:16-17
Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it."
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
Joshua 5:15
The commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.
1 Samuel 13:12-13
therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of the LORD.' I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering."
1 Samuel 15:21-22
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal."
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the LORD's temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Psalm 50:8-18
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
Malachi 1:10-11
"Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain. I have no pleasure in you," says the LORD of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.