Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

General references

Bible References

When

Isaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud, do not hold back;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
Exodus 23:17
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.
Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 16:16
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) and at the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and at the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles), and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps and focus on what you are doing as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the [careless or irreverent] sacrifice of fools; for they are too ignorant to know they are doing evil.
Matthew 23:5
They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries (tefillin) wide [to make them more conspicuous] and make their tassels long.

Required

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.
Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion),
And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]?

General references

Isaiah 57:12

“I will declare your [hypocritical] righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not benefit you.