Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
The weightier
These
General references
Bible References
The weightier
Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion , and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 12:7 But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion, and not a sacrifice ,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
Matthew 22:37
And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold,to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
“
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Jeremiah 22:15 “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
Anddo justice and righteousness?
Then it waswell with him.
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
Hosea 6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
Andwhat does the Lord require of you
But todo justice, to love kindness,
And to walkhumbly with your God?
And
But to
And to walk
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
These
Matthew 5:19 Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
General references
Leviticus 27:30
‘Thus all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
Matthew 22:36
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
Matthew 23:4 They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.