Exodus 19:5
5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be amy treasured possession among all peoples, for ball the earth is mine;Ecclesiastes 5:1
Fear God
1 ▼▼Ch 4:17 in Hebrew
dGuard your steps when you go to ethe house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to foffer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Jeremiah 7:23
23But this command I gave them: g‘Obey my voice, and hI will be your God, and you shall be my people. iAnd walk in all the way that I command you, jthat it may be well with you.’Jeremiah 11:4
4that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, kfrom the iron furnace, saying, lListen to my voice, and do all that I command you. mSo shall you be my people, and I will be your God,Jeremiah 11:7
7For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, nwarning them persistently, even to this day, saying, oObey my voice.Jeremiah 26:13
13Now therefore pmend your ways and your deeds, qand obey the voice of the Lord your God, rand the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.Hosea 6:6
6For sI desire steadfast love ▼▼Septuagint mercy
and not sacrifice,uthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Matthew 5:24
24leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.Mark 12:33
33And to love him with all the heart and with all vthe understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, wis much more than all xwhole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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