Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

你到神的殿要谨慎脚步；因为近前听，胜过愚昧人献祭，他们本不知道所做的是恶。

你到上帝的殿要谨慎你的脚步；近前听，胜过愚昧人献祭，他们不知道自己在作恶。

你到神的殿要谨慎你的脚步；近前听，胜过愚昧人献祭，他们不知道自己在作恶。

你进入上帝的殿时要小心谨慎，近前倾听胜过愚人献祭，因为他们不知道自己是在作恶。

你到神的殿，脚步要谨慎；近前聆听，胜于愚昧人献祭，因为他们不知道所作的是恶的。（本节在《马索拉文本》为4:17）

你去神的殿时，要谨慎脚步；近前听，胜过像愚昧人那样献上祭物，因为愚昧人不知道自己在作恶。

你到神的殿要謹慎腳步；因為近前聽，勝過愚昧人獻祭，他們本不知道所做的是惡。

你到上帝的殿要謹慎你的腳步；近前聽，勝過愚昧人獻祭，他們不知道自己在作惡。

你到神的殿要謹慎你的腳步；近前聽，勝過愚昧人獻祭，他們不知道自己在作惡。

你進入上帝的殿時要小心謹慎，近前傾聽勝過愚人獻祭，因為他們不知道自己是在作惡。

你到神的殿，腳步要謹慎；近前聆聽，勝於愚昧人獻祭，因為他們不知道所作的是惡的。（本節在《馬索拉文本》為4:17）

你到上帝的殿、要謹慎腳步；走近前去聽、勝過愚頑人的獻祭；因為他們不知別的，只知作壞事。

你去神的殿時，要謹慎腳步；近前聽，勝過像愚昧人那樣獻上祭物，因為愚昧人不知道自己在作惡。

詣上帝室、慎爾步履、蓋前而聽、愈於愚人獻祭、以其不知所行乃惡也、

詣上帝殿、必慎必恪傾耳以聆、勿效愚人、作惡獻祭、不自知其非義。

爾於天主前、勿造次啟口、勿心急出言、蓋天主在天、爾在地、故當寡言、

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Be careful what you say when you go to God’s house. Go there to listen. Don’t be like foolish people when you offer your sacrifice. They do what is wrong and don’t even know it.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, and approach to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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.

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us hold on to grace. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,for our God is a consuming fire.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.

The commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua,“ Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable— how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man; one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck; one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood; one offers incense, one praises an idol— all these have chosen their ways and delight in their detestable practices.

“ Do not come closer,” He said.“ Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

When you come to appear before Me, who requires this from you— this trampling of My courts?Stop bringing useless offerings. Your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies— I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of putting up with them.When you lift up 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.“ Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil.Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.“ Come, let us discuss this,” says the Lord.“ Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will be like wool.If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land.But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said,“ Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”He was afraid and said,“ What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

Therefore I immediately sent for you, and you did the right thing in coming. So we are all present before God, to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

“ I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts,“ and I will accept no offering from your hands.“ For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.

So Moses said to Aaron,“ This is what the Lord meant when He said: I will show My holiness to those who are near Me, and I will reveal My glory before all the people.” But Aaron remained silent.

The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder— the best of what was set apart for destruction— to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”Then Samuel said: Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

But when he became strong, he grew arrogant and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.

For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed Me.

I thought: The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven’t sought the Lord’s favor. So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”Samuel said to Saul,“ You have been foolish. You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you. It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,

In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.And Abel also presented an offering— some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine.Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.Call on Me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”But God says to the wicked:“ What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips?You hate instruction and turn your back on My words.When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:“ Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.However, I did give them this command: Obey Me, and then I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must follow every way I command you so that it may go well with you.