Isaiah 1:11
King James Version
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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Isaiah 1:11
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Amos 5:21
King James Version
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
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Amos 5:21
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1 Samuel 15:22
King James Version
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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1 Samuel 15:22
New International Version
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.
Jeremiah 6:20
King James Version
20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
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Micah 6:7
King James Version
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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Micah 6:7
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Malachi 1:10
King James Version
10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
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Malachi 1:10
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10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(A) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(B) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(C) no offering(D) from your hands.
Isaiah 66:3
King James Version
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
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Isaiah 66:3
New International Version
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull(A)
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
is like one who presents pig’s(B) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(C)
is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(D)
and they delight in their abominations;(E)
Proverbs 15:8
King James Version
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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Proverbs 15:8
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Psalm 50:8
King James Version
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
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Psalm 50:8
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Matthew 9:13
King James Version
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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Matthew 9:13
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6
Proverbs 21:27
King James Version
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
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Proverbs 21:27
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Psalm 51:16
King James Version
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
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Psalm 51:16
New International Version
16 You do not delight in sacrifice,(A) or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
Jeremiah 7:21
King James Version
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
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Jeremiah 7:21
New International Version
21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(A) and eat(B) the meat yourselves!
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