Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
General references
Bible References
General references
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.
Isaiah 58:2
That they seek me daily and want to know my ways, as people that do righteousness and have not forsaken the rights of their God: they ask me of the rights of righteousness and desire to approach God.
Isaiah 59:6
Their cloth is unfit to be a garment, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of violence, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
Isaiah 64:5
Thou didst come out to meet him that with rejoicing had worked righteous ness. In thy ways they remembered thee. Behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: thy ways are eternal, and we shall be saved.
Isaiah 66:3
He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense as if he blessed iniquity. They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD are these.
Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil, who steal their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Matthew 23:5
But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments
Romans 3:10
as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one;
Romans 10:2
For I give testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.