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.
Incense
Iniquity
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.
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!
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.
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.
and your works—they will not profit you.