Bible Cross References
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1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, "Which does the LORD prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.
Psalm 50:8-15
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I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.
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And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;
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all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.
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All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.
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"If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
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Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.
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Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me."
Psalm 50:23-15
Proverbs 21:3
Do what is right and fair; that pleases the LORD more than bringing him sacrifices.
Isaiah 1:11-17
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He says, "Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.
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Who asked you to bring me all this when you come to worship me? Who asked you to do all this tramping around in my Temple?
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It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.
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I hate your New Moon Festivals and holy days; they are a burden that I am tired of bearing.
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"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
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Wash yourselves clean. Stop all this evil that I see you doing. Yes, stop doing evil
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and learn to do right. See that justice is done---help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows."
Isaiah 58:5-7
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When you fast, you make yourselves suffer; you bow your heads low like a blade of grass and spread out sackcloth and ashes to lie on. Is that what you call fasting? Do you think I will be pleased with that?
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"The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free.
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Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives.
Jeremiah 7:21-23
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"My people, some sacrifices you burn completely on the altar, and some you are permitted to eat. But what I, the LORD, say is that you might as well eat them all.
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I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices when I brought them out of Egypt.
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But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live the way I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.
Hosea 6:6
I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.
Amos 5:21-24
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The LORD says, "I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!
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When you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not accept the animals you have fattened to bring me as offerings.
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Stop your noisy songs; I do not want to listen to your harps.
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Instead, let justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river that never goes dry.
Micah 6:6-8
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What shall I bring to the LORD, the God of heaven, when I come to worship him? Shall I bring the best calves to burn as offerings to him?
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Will the LORD be pleased if I bring him thousands of sheep or endless streams of olive oil? Shall I offer him my first-born child to pay for my sins?
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No, the LORD has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.
Matthew 9:13
Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: 'It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.' I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts."
Matthew 12:7
The scripture says, 'It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.' If you really knew what this means, you would not condemn people who are not guilty;
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
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I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell.
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I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains---but if I have no love, I am nothing.
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I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned ---but if I have no love, this does me no good.