“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Beho
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; yo
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
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my t
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take n
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the m