“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and pu
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire o
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will no
because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his hear
When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to t
Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I
He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry o
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stu
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appo
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the king
And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on th
For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, an
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he wil
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with th