Ecclesiastes 5:1
Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice,—for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.
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Genesis 4:3So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh:
Exodus 3:5And he said—Do not draw nigh hither,—put off thy sandals from thy feet, for, the place whereon thou art standing is holy ground.
Joshua 5:15Then said the prince of the host of Yahweh unto Joshua—Slip off thy sandals from thy feet, for, as for the place whereon thou art standing, holy, it is. And Joshua did so.
1 Samuel 15:21And the people took, of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things so devoted,—to sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God, in Gilgal.
Job 11:2Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
Psalms 50:8Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings, before me continually:
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 →