Cross-references

Explore similar Bible verses on Ecclesiastes 5:1 in English Standard Version

" Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil."

Ge 28:17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

Ex 3:5 Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Pr 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Isa 1:12 “When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts?