What Does the Bible Say About Empty Worship?

Hebrews 12:28-29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

John 4:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 17:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

7 Bible Verses about Empty Worship

Hebrews 12:28-29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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7 Bible Verses about Empty Worship

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Hebrews 12:28-29 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes