Isaiah 58:2
2 aYet they seek me dailyand delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
Ezekiel 5:14
14Moreover, I will make you ba desolation and can object of reproach among dthe nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by.Ezekiel 33:31-32
31 eAnd they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for fwith lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. 32And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and gplays ▼▼Hebrew like the singing of lustful songs with a beautiful voice and one who plays
well on an instrument, for ithey hear what you say, but they will not do it. Malachi 3:8
8Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. jBut you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ kIn your tithes and contributions.Matthew 19:20
20The young man said to him, l“All these I have kept. What do I still lack?”Luke 10:29
29But he, mdesiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”Luke 18:11-12
11The Pharisee, nstanding by himself, prayed ▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself
pthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 qI fast twice a week; rI give tithes of all that I get.’
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