Exodus 19:5
19:5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me
and keep
my covenant, then you will be my
special possession
out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Rash Vows
5:1 Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God;
draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools,
for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
Jeremiah 7:23
7:23 I also explicitly commanded them:
“Obey me. If you do, I
will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you
and things will go well with you.”
Jeremiah 11:4
11:4 Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors
to keep
when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace.
I said at that time,
“Obey me and carry out the terms of the agreement
exactly as I commanded you. If you do,
you will be my people and I will be your God.
Jeremiah 11:7
11:7 For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me.
I warned them again and again,
ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day.
Jeremiah 26:13
26:13 But correct the way you have been living and do what is right.
Obey the
Lord your God. If you do, the
Lord will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.
Hosea 6:6
6:6 For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice;
I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
Matthew 5:24
5:24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.
Mark 12:33
12:33 And
to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and
to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”