Bible Cross References
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Psalm 40:6-8
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Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; but a body You have prepared for me; whole burnt offering and [sacrifice] for sin You did not require.
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Then I said, Behold, I have come; in the volume of the book it is written of me,
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I desired to do Your will, O my God, and Your law in the midst of my heart.
Psalm 51:16
For if You desired sacrifice, I would have given [it]; You will not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings.
Isaiah 1:11-31
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Of what [value] to Me is the abundance of your sacrifices? Says the Lord; I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats;
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neither shall you come [with these] to appear before Me; for who has required these things at your hands? You shall no more tread My court.
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Though you bring fine flour, [it is] futile; incense is an abomination to Me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your Sabbaths, and the great day;
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[your] fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts My soul hates; you have become loathsome to Me; I will no more pardon your sins.
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When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away My eyes from you; and though you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.
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Wash, and be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before My eyes; cease from your iniquities;
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learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
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And come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool.
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And if you are willing, and hearken to Me, you shall eat the good of the land;
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but if you be not willing, nor hearken to Me, a sword shall devour you; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
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How has the faithful city of Zion, [once] full of judgment, become a harlot! Where righteousness lodged, but now murderers.
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Your silver is worthless, your wine merchants mix the wine with water.
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Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.
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Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty [men] of Israel; for My wrath shall not cease against My adversaries, and I will execute judgment on My enemies.
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And I will bring My hand upon you, and purge you completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and I will take away all transgressors from you.
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And I will establish your judges as before, and your counselors as at the beginning; and afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother city of Zion.
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For her captives shall be saved with judgment, and with mercy.
28
And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed.
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For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they have been made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.
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For they shall be as a terebinth tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.
31
And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burned up together, and there shall be none to quench [them].
Jeremiah 7:21-23
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Thus says the Lord, Gather your whole burnt offerings with your grain offerings, and eat flesh.
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For I spoke not to your fathers, and commanded them not in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, concerning whole burnt offerings and sacrifice;
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but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hear My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all My ways which I shall command you, that it may be well with you.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole burnt offerings.
Hebrews 10:4-10
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For it is not possible for [the] blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
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Therefore, when He entered into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.
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In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin You had no pleasure.
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Then I said, 'Behold, I have come--In the volume of the book it is written of Me-- To do Your will, O God.'"
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Earlier saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and [sacrifices] for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),
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then He has said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first in order that He may establish the second.
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By which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.