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Micha 6:6-7
With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? (niv)
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Sprüche 1:28
“ Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me, (niv)
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Johannes 7:34
You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.” (niv)
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Klagelieder 3:44
You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. (niv)
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Jesaja 1:11-15
“ The multitude of your sacrifices— what are they to me?” says the Lord.“ I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! (niv)
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Sprüche 15:8
The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him. (niv)
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Hesekiel 8:6
And he said to me,“ Son of man, do you see what they are doing— the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.” (niv)
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Jeremia 7:4
Do not trust in deceptive words and say,“ This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” (niv)
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Jeremia 11:11
Therefore this is what the Lord says:‘ I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them. (niv)
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Jesaja 66:3
But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations; (niv)
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2 Mose 10 9
Moses answered,“ We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.” (niv)
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Hoheslied 5:6
I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer. (niv)
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Amos 5:21-23
“ I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. (niv)
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2 Mose 10 24-2 Mose 10 26
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said,“ Go, worship the Lord. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”But Moses said,“ You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the Lord our God.Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.” (niv)
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Hesekiel 8:18
Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.” (niv)
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Lukas 5:16
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (niv)
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Sprüche 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent! (niv)
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Micha 3:4
Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done. (niv)