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Thematic Bible: Formalism


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Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Verse ConceptsFormalityGod's DwellingThe Work Of FoolsCare Of FeetSacrificeFoolsGoing To ChurchListening To GodfootstepsbehaviorevangelisingGuarding Yourself

1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfAcceptance, divineFatnessevil, believers' responses toAcceptance, Of WorshipDelight, God ExpressingBurnt offeringNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In OtPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRamsSin, God's Remedy ForWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Hindrances ToOfferings, FigurativePriorityObedience To GodFat Of The SacrificesNot Pleasing GodPay Attention To God!Right SacrificesBlessings Of ObedienceObedienceSacrificesSacrificeObeying Godobeying

Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsdesiresBurnt offeringGrace, In Human RelationshipsIntimacyLaw, Letter And Spirit OfLegalismMind, Of ChristNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In OtSin, God's Remedy ForWorship, Hindrances ToKnowledgeFormalityGod's DesiresRight SacrificesSacrificesMercySacrifice

Hebrews 9:10
Which stood only in foods and drinks, and various washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder

1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualCommands, in NTReligionRitualSelf DeceptionNothingNecessity Of CircumcisionKeep The Commandments!Unimportant ThingsValueimportance

Psalm 51:16-17
For you desire not sacrifice; else would I give it: you delight not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfPeace, Divine In NtReligionRighteousness, As FaithSpiritualityUnity, Of God's PeoplePeace Of MindTension, Cure ForPromised JoyThe Holy Spirit, And SanctificationA Righteous PeopleYou Will Rejoice In SalvationKingdom Of GodJoyRighteousnessPeace And ComfortPeace As A Fruit Of The SpiritJoy As A Fruit Of The SpiritJoy And HappinessEating Meatghostsalcoholism

1 Corinthians 8:8
But food commends us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. Verse Conceptsdrawing near to GodRitualGood Or BadPeople Commended By GodLove And RelationshipsEating Meatlentconnectionimprovement

2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Verse ConceptsBeing A LeaderIntoleranceWorship, Hindrances ToCharacter Of WickedHypocrites, Description OfGodly ReverenceImpotence Of GodHaving No DealingsThe power of ChristAppearances ofPowerRejectionvulnerabilitypietydenialDenying God And His Power

Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, incentives towardsHerbs And SpicesJudaismLegalismMercy, HumanMind, Of ChristNeglectPharisees, Beliefs OfNeglecting God's ThingsNeglecting DutiesReligionSin, Nature OfUnforgivenessFormalityFinancial AdviceCumminSins Of OmissionFractions, One TenthTithesThe Need For MercyTithing ProduceHerbsHypocritesHypocrisypharisees

Colossians 2:20
Therefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances, Verse ConceptsMortificationAbolish, Evil ThingsChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromFormalityDying With ChristDead To SinElements Of The UniverseHuman Law

Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said, Since this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipFalse Teachingsdouble mindednessHoliness, Purpose OfHonorIrreverenceLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToLaw, Letter And Spirit OfLegalismLipsNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In NtOutward AppearancePrayer, And WorshipPretenceTeachers Of The LawWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Hindrances ToCharacter Of WickedHypocrites, Description OfFormalityDivided HeartsHuman PreceptsWorship With The HeartLack Of MeaningFruitless LearningMere TalkServicereverenceDishonoring God

Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching God. Verse ConceptseagernessAskingNominal ReligionHypocrites, Description OfNot Coming Near To GodMaking Decisions

Matthew 15:8
These people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Verse ConceptsLipsHypocrites, Description OfEstrangementEvil HeartsLack Of MeaningMere TalkNot Praising GodHypocrisyPraising God With Your Lips

Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Verse ConceptsAbominationsFutilityHolidayOfferingsSabbath, In OtWorship, Hindrances ToAbominations, To GodFormalityConvocationsIncense Offered AmissSabbath Violated

Galatians 4:10-11
You observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.

Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Verse ConceptsFormalityGod's DwellingThe Work Of FoolsCare Of FeetSacrificeFoolsGoing To ChurchListening To GodfootstepsbehaviorevangelisingGuarding Yourself

1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfAcceptance, divineFatnessevil, believers' responses toAcceptance, Of WorshipDelight, God ExpressingBurnt offeringNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In OtPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRamsSin, God's Remedy ForWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Hindrances ToOfferings, FigurativePriorityObedience To GodFat Of The SacrificesNot Pleasing GodPay Attention To God!Right SacrificesBlessings Of ObedienceObedienceSacrificesSacrificeObeying Godobeying

Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsdesiresBurnt offeringGrace, In Human RelationshipsIntimacyLaw, Letter And Spirit OfLegalismMind, Of ChristNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In OtSin, God's Remedy ForWorship, Hindrances ToKnowledgeFormalityGod's DesiresRight SacrificesSacrificesMercySacrifice

Hebrews 9:10
Which stood only in foods and drinks, and various washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder

1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualCommands, in NTReligionRitualSelf DeceptionNothingNecessity Of CircumcisionKeep The Commandments!Unimportant ThingsValueimportance

Psalm 51:16-17
For you desire not sacrifice; else would I give it: you delight not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfPeace, Divine In NtReligionRighteousness, As FaithSpiritualityUnity, Of God's PeoplePeace Of MindTension, Cure ForPromised JoyThe Holy Spirit, And SanctificationA Righteous PeopleYou Will Rejoice In SalvationKingdom Of GodJoyRighteousnessPeace And ComfortPeace As A Fruit Of The SpiritJoy As A Fruit Of The SpiritJoy And HappinessEating Meatghostsalcoholism

1 Corinthians 8:8
But food commends us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. Verse Conceptsdrawing near to GodRitualGood Or BadPeople Commended By GodLove And RelationshipsEating Meatlentconnectionimprovement

2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Verse ConceptsBeing A LeaderIntoleranceWorship, Hindrances ToCharacter Of WickedHypocrites, Description OfGodly ReverenceImpotence Of GodHaving No DealingsThe power of ChristAppearances ofPowerRejectionvulnerabilitypietydenialDenying God And His Power

Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, incentives towardsHerbs And SpicesJudaismLegalismMercy, HumanMind, Of ChristNeglectPharisees, Beliefs OfNeglecting God's ThingsNeglecting DutiesReligionSin, Nature OfUnforgivenessFormalityFinancial AdviceCumminSins Of OmissionFractions, One TenthTithesThe Need For MercyTithing ProduceHerbsHypocritesHypocrisypharisees

Colossians 2:20
Therefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances, Verse ConceptsMortificationAbolish, Evil ThingsChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromFormalityDying With ChristDead To SinElements Of The UniverseHuman Law

Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said, Since this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipFalse Teachingsdouble mindednessHoliness, Purpose OfHonorIrreverenceLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToLaw, Letter And Spirit OfLegalismLipsNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In NtOutward AppearancePrayer, And WorshipPretenceTeachers Of The LawWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Hindrances ToCharacter Of WickedHypocrites, Description OfFormalityDivided HeartsHuman PreceptsWorship With The HeartLack Of MeaningFruitless LearningMere TalkServicereverenceDishonoring God

Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching God. Verse ConceptseagernessAskingNominal ReligionHypocrites, Description OfNot Coming Near To GodMaking Decisions

Matthew 15:8
These people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Verse ConceptsLipsHypocrites, Description OfEstrangementEvil HeartsLack Of MeaningMere TalkNot Praising GodHypocrisyPraising God With Your Lips

Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Verse ConceptsAbominationsFutilityHolidayOfferingsSabbath, In OtWorship, Hindrances ToAbominations, To GodFormalityConvocationsIncense Offered AmissSabbath Violated

Galatians 4:10-11
You observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.

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