Ecclesiastes 5:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thy foot

Ready

Give

General references

Leviticus 14:25

Judges 11:30

Bible References

Thy foot

And Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.

And he said, Do not draw near here. Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou stand is holy ground.

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me. And I will be glorified before all the people. And Aaron remained silent.

And the captain of LORD's army said to Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place on which thou stand is holy. And Joshua did so.

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against LORD his God. For he went into the temple of LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

a God very awesome in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all those who are round about him?

When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand--to trample my courts?

For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

Therefore, receiving an immovable kingdom, we may have grace, through which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and awe.

Ready

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou did well having come. Now therefore we are all present in the sight of God, to hear all the things commanded thee by God.

But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the Scriptures daily, if it has these things this way.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,

Give

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering to LORD of the fruit of the ground.

therefore I said, Now the Philistines will come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of LORD. I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to LORD thy God in Gilgal.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt-offerings [being] continually before me.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind!

When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand--to trample my courts?

He who slaughters an ox is as he who kills a man. He who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck. He who offers an oblation, [as] swine's blood. He who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yea, they have chosen t

Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Oh that there was among you who would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering at your hand.

For when we sin willfully after taking the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

General references

And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and

And Jephthah vowed a vow to LORD, and said, If thou will indeed deliver the sons of Ammon into my hand,