Pro 23:26, Ecc 5:4-5, Mal 1:6, Mar 12:30, Act 4:19-20, Rom 6:13, 12:1 | ESV | STEP | My son , give me your heart , and let your eyes observe my ways .

i[See ver. 2 above]

j ch. 5:29

k[Amos 3:8; John 15:27; 1 Cor. 9:16]

l ch. 22:15; 1 John 1:1, 3

m ch. 7:5; Col. 3:5

n ch. 12:1; 1 Pet. 2:24; 4:2

o 1 Cor. 1:10; 2 Cor. 10:1; Eph. 4:1

q ch. 6:13, 16, 19; [Ps. 50:13, 14; 1 Cor. 6:20]; See 1 Pet. 2:5

r Heb. 10:20

Proverbs 23:26

26 My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe ^{▼▼Or delight in} my ways.

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

4 When ^byou vow a vow to God, ^cdo not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. ^dPay what you vow. 5 ^eIt is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

Malachi 1:6

The Priests’ Polluted Offerings

6 ^f“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am ^ga father, where is my honor? And if I am ^ha master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. ⁱBut you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Mark 12:30

30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Acts 4:19-20

19 But Peter and John answered them, ^j“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20 for ^kwe cannot but speak of what ^lwe have seen and heard.”

Romans 6:13

13 ^mDo not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ⁿpresent yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

Romans 12:1

A Living Sacrifice

1 ^oI appeal to you therefore, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} by the mercies of God, ^qto present your bodies ^ras a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. ^{▼▼Or your rational service}