If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, wit
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the
Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.