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; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.
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Then I said, Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me):
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I delight to do Your will, O My God, and Your Law is within My heart.
Psalm 51:16
For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
Isaiah 1:11-31
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What good to Me are your many sacrifices, says Jehovah? I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of well-fed cattle; nor do I delight in the blood of bulls, of lambs, or he goats.
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When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?
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Bring no more vain sacrifices; its incense is an abomination to Me. I cannot endure the new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, and the wicked festivals.
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My soul hates your new moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
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And when you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
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Wash yourselves, purify yourselves. Put away the evil of your doings from My eyes; stop doing evil.
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Learn to do good, seek justice, set straight the oppressor, judge for the orphan, plead for the widow.
18
Come now and let us reason together, says Jehovah: Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.
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But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.
21
Oh how the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it; but now, murderers!
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Your silver has become dross; your wine is diluted with water.
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Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe, and pursues rewards. They do not judge for the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
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Therefore says the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah! I will be eased of My adversaries, and avenge Myself of My enemies.
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And I will turn back My hand upon you, and refine your dross, as with lye, and remove all your alloy.
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And I will return your judges as at the first; and your advisers, as at the beginning; then you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.
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Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her returning ones with righteousness.
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And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together. And those who forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.
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For they shall be ashamed of the mighty trees which you desired; and you shall be ashamed of the gardens that you have chosen.
30
For you shall be like a mighty tree whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water.
31
And the strong shall be as tinder, and the work as a spark; and they both shall burn together; and no one shall quench them.
Jeremiah 7:21-23
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Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Snatch away your burnt offerings from your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
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For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
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But this is what I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than 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 came into the world, He said: Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.
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You did not take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.
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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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Previously saying, Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor were pleased with them (which are offered according to the Law),
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then He 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 have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.