Malachi 1:13
And you say: 'We are tired of all this!' You turn up your nose at me. You offer the lame and the sick and even stolen animals, said Jehovah. Do you think I will accept that from you?
Micah 6:3
O my people, what have I done to you? How have I grieved you? Respond to me.
Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals. It will make him unclean. I am Jehovah.
Leviticus 22:19-23
The offering must be a male that has no defects from your cattle, sheep, or goats in order to be accepted.
Deuteronomy 15:21
If it has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to Jehovah your God.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why do you kick at my sacrifice and my offering, which I have commanded in my house? Do you honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?'
Isaiah 1:12
Who requires you to trample on my courtyards when you appear in my presence?
Isaiah 43:22-23
Jacob, you have not prayed to me. Israel, you have grown tired of me.
Isaiah 57:6
Is your portion among the smooth stones of the stream? They indeed are your lot! Even to them you have poured a drink offering. You have offered a grain offering. Should this give me comfort?
Jeremiah 7:9-11
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known?
Jeremiah 7:21-24
Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
Ezekiel 4:14
But I replied: No, O Lord Jehovah! I have never defiled myself. From childhood on I have never eaten meat from any animal that died a natural death or was killed by wild animals. I have never eaten any food considered unclean.
Ezekiel 44:31
The priests must never eat any bird or animal that has died naturally or was killed by other wild animals.'
Amos 5:21-23
I hate, I despise (reject) your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Amos 8:5
You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit.
Zechariah 7:5-6
Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying: 'For the past seventy years did you fast for me when you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months?
Malachi 1:7-8
This is how you despise me. You offer worthless food on my altar. Then you ask: 'How have we failed to respect you?' I tell you it is by showing contempt for my altar.
Malachi 2:13
Another thing you do is drown Jehovah's altar with tears, weeping and wailing. This is because he no longer accepts the offerings you bring him.
Matthew 6:1-2
Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works) before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward with your heavenly Father.
Matthew 6:5
Do not pray like the hypocrites! They want everyone to see them in the houses of worship and on the street corners. I assure you they have been paid in full.
Matthew 6:16
When you abstain from food, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces to be seen by men. They have received their reward.
Mark 14:4-5
Some were very indignant over this. They asked, What was the purpose of this waste of ointment?
Mark 14:37-38
He returned to find them sleeping. He said to Peter, Simon why do you sleep? Could you not watch for one hour?