13 Bible Verses about Rewards Of Ritual

"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

"And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions,puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations--read more.
"Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch" (referring to things that all perish as they are used)--according to human precepts and teachings?

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

"Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us."