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Hosea 6:6
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Hosea 6:6
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6 For (A)I desire steadfast love[a] and not sacrifice,
(B)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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- Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy
Hosea 6:6
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Hosea 6:6
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Hosea 6:6
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Hosea 6:6
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6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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Matthew 12:7
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Matthew 12:7
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7 And if you had known (A)what this means, (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Matthew 12:7
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Matthew 12:7
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7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](A) you would not have condemned the innocent.
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- Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6
Matthew 12:7
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Matthew 12:7
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7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Matthew 9:13
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Matthew 9:13
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13 Go and learn (A)what this means: (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (C)I came not to call the righteous, (D)but sinners.”
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Matthew 9:13
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Matthew 9:13
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13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a](A) For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(B)
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- Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6
Matthew 9:13
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Matthew 9:13
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13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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Amos 5:21
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Amos 5:21
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21 (A)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Amos 5:21
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Amos 5:21
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Amos 5:21
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Amos 5:21
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21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
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Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:11
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11 (A)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:11
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11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
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Jeremiah 22:16
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Jeremiah 22:16
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16 (A)He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
(B)then it was well.
Is not this (C)to know me?
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:16
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Jeremiah 22:16
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Jeremiah 22:16
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Jeremiah 22:16
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16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
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1 Samuel 15:22
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1 Samuel 15:22
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22 And Samuel said,
(A)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (B)to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22
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1 Samuel 15:22
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22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,(A)
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22
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1 Samuel 15:22
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22 And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Fear God
5 [a] (A)Guard your steps when you go to (B)the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to (C)offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ch 4:17 in Hebrew
Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Fulfill Your Vow to God
5 [a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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5 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
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Proverbs 21:3
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)
Proverbs 21:3
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
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