Isaiah 66:5
Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.
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2 Kings 22:10Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.
Ezra 9:4Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.
Psalms 119:120My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
Song of Solomon 1:6Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept.
Isaiah 26:11Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see ... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire.
Isaiah 66:2All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:2-5
The Vanity of Mere Ritual Obedience. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Thus saith the Lord , The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord : but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he… Read the whole commentary →