“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of you
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; who
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; yo
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will re
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acce
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the m