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Luke 11:42
“ But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
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Matthew 9:14
Then John’s disciples came to him, saying,“ Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
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Matthew 23:23-24
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law— justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!
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Luke 17:10
In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say,‘ We are unworthy servants; we’ve only done our duty.’”
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Matthew 15:7-9
Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines human commands.”
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Malachi 3:8
“ Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me!”“ How do we rob you?” you ask.“ By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
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Matthew 6:1
“ Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
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Zechariah 7:5-6
“ Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?When you eat and drink, don’t you eat and drink simply for yourselves?
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Matthew 6:5
“ Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.
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Romans 3:27
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.
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Romans 10:1-3
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation.I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.Since they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
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Numbers 18:24
For I have given them the tenth that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution for their inheritance. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
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1 Corinthians 1 29
so that no one may boast in his presence.
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Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Isaiah 58:2-3
They seek me day after day and delight to know my ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”“ Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed!”“ Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers.
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Galatians 1:14
I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
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Matthew 6:16
“ Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.
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Numbers 23:4
God met with him and Balaam said to him,“ I have arranged seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”
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Ephesians 2:9
not from works, so that no one can boast.
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Leviticus 27:30-33
“ Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.If a man decides to redeem any part of this tenth, he must add a fifth to its value.Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the LORD.He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy; they cannot be redeemed.”
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2 Kings 10 16
Then he said,“ Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he let him ride with him in his chariot.
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1 Timothy 4 8
For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
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1 Samuel 15 13
When Samuel came to him, Saul said,“ May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”