Haggai 2:14

Then Haggai replied, “So is this people, and so is this nation before Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Isaiah 1:11-15

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers began to build the altar of Israel’s God in order to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

Proverbs 21:4

The lamp that guides the wicked—
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—is sin.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Proverbs 28:9

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—
even his prayer is detestable.

Haggai 1:4-11

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

Titus 1:15

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

Jude 1:23

save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

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Summary

Haggai 2:14

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

So is this people

Jude 1:23

And that

Ezra 3:2

General references

Malachi 3:9

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