Genesis 25:32
32Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”Ecclesiastes 6:8
8For what advantage has the wise man aover the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?Ecclesiastes 6:11
11The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?Isaiah 1:11-15
11 b“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.
12 “When you come to cappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
dNew moon and Sabbath and the ecalling of convocations—
I cannot endure finiquity and gsolemn assembly.
14Your hnew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15When you ispread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
jeven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
kyour hands are full of blood.
Malachi 3:14
14You have said, l‘It is vain to serve God. mWhat is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?Romans 2:25-29
25For circumcision indeed is of value nif you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26So, if oa man who is uncircumcised keeps pthe precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded ▼▼Or counted
as circumcision? 27Then he who is physically ▼▼Or is by nature
uncircumcised but keeps the law swill condemn you who have tthe written code ▼▼Or the letter
and circumcision but break the law. 28For vno one is a Jew wwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29But a Jew is one xinwardly, and ycircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. zHis praise is not from man but from God. 1 Corinthians 15:32
32What do I gain if, humanly speaking, aaI fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, ab“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
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