Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Vain

Ezekiel 20:39
“As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
Malachi 1:10
“I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Matthew 15:9
They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.
Luke 11:42
“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Incense

Isaiah 66:3
One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!

It is

1 Corinthians 11:17
Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
Philippians 1:15
To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will.

Iniquity

Psalm 78:40
How often they rebelled against Him
in the wilderness
and grieved Him in the desert.
Ephesians 4:30
And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.

General references

Isaiah 57:12
I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

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