Ecclesiastes 5:1
(4:17) Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
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Genesis 4:3And it came to pass in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground and offering unto the Lord.
Exodus 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Joshua 5:15And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
1 Samuel 15:21And the people took of the spoil, of the flocks and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
Job 11:2Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
Psalms 50:8Not because of thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:1
Solomon, in this chapter, discourses, I. Concerning the worship of God, prescribing that as a remedy against all those vanities which he had already observed to be in wisdom, learning, pleasure, honour, power, and business. That we may not be deceived by those things, nor have our spirits vexed with the disappointments we meet with in them, let us make conscience of our duty to God and keep up our communion with him; but, withal, he gives a necessary caution against the vanities which are too often found in… Read the whole commentary →