Ancestral Worship

When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations. — read the full passage →

The dead don’t praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. — read the full passage →

For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”

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

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all the day.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.” — read the full passage →

He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. — read the full passage →

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. — read the full passage →

Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

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

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: — read the full passage →

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.

lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship Yahweh in holy array.

There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.

I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. — read the full passage →

Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.

Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array.

Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. — read the full passage →

Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! — read the full passage →

All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and Yahweh’s glory was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.”

lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison;

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

“You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: — read the full passage →

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.

But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! — read the full passage →

Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving kindness endures forever.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.