Psalms 51:16

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

Cross References (17)

  • Hosea 6:6 (19)

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  • Psalms 40:6 (18)

    Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not re

  • Hebrews 10:5–6 (15)

    Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared

  • 1 Samuel 15:22 (13)

    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Beho

  • Psalms 51:6 (9)

    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

  • Proverbs 21:27 (8)

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

  • Isaiah 1:11–15 (8)

    “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa

  • Amos 5:21–23 (7)

    “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

  • Proverbs 15:8 (7)

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  • Jeremiah 7:22–23 (7)

    For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrif

  • Psalms 50:8 (5)

    I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

  • Exodus 21:14 (4)

    But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put

  • Numbers 15:30–31 (4)

    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from

  • Deuteronomy 22:22 (3)

    If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge

  • Numbers 15:27 (3)

    Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.

  • Numbers 35:31 (3)

    You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

  • Jeremiah 7:27 (3)

    When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.