Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and thei
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to b
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing