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Hosea 6:6
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Hosea 6:6
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Matthew 12:7
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Matthew 12:7
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7 But if you had known what this means, (A)‘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 9:13
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Matthew 9:13
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13 But go and learn what this means: (A)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, (B)but sinners, [a]to repentance.”
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- Matthew 9:13 NU omits to repentance
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
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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Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:11
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11 “To what purpose is the multitude of your (A)sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle.
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
Or of lambs or goats.
Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:11
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Jeremiah 22:16
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Jeremiah 22:16
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16 He [a]judged the cause of the poor and needy;
Then it was well.
Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 22:16 Defended
Jeremiah 22:16
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Jeremiah 22:16
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Fear God, Keep Your Vows
5 Walk (A)prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather (B)than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
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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.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
1 Samuel 15:22
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1 Samuel 15:22
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22 So 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 heed 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.
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)
1 John 3:6
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1 John 3:6
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6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.
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1 John 3:6
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1 John 3:6
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6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(A) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(B) or known him.(C)
1 Chronicles 28:9
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “As for you, my son Solomon, (A)know the God of your father, and serve Him (B)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for (C)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. (D)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will (E)cast you off forever.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.
1 John 2:3
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1 John 2:3
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The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
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1 John 2:3
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1 John 2:3
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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers
3 We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C)
Matthew 5:7
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Matthew 5:7
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7 Blessed are the merciful,
(A)For they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:7
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Matthew 5:7
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7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.(A)
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