Quotes about Reverence
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
— Jeremiah 6:20
For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
— Jeremiah 14:21
Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 30:21
To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
— Jeremiah 44:10
But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
— Ezekiel 36:21
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
— Ezekiel 36:31
Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
— Ezekiel 43:9
While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
— Daniel 10:15
For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
— Hosea 2:17
What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
— Hosea 9:5
Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
— Hosea 10:3
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
— Micah 6:6