Isaiah 1:11
New King James Version
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.
Amos 5:21
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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.
Jeremiah 6:20
New King James Version
20 (A)For what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense (B)from Sheba,
And (C)sweet cane from a far country?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”
Malachi 1:10
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10 “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
(A)So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
I have no pleasure in you,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
(B)“Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
Isaiah 66:3
New King James Version
3 “He(A) who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he (B)breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Psalm 50:8
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8 (A)I will not [a]rebuke you (B)for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 50:8 reprove
Matthew 9:13
New King James Version
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
Proverbs 21:27
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27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!
Psalm 51:16
New King James Version
16 For (A)You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
Jeremiah 7:21
New King James Version
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
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