Isaiah 43:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:10

And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

Exodus 30:34

And the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, with the best frankincense, in equal weights;

Proverbs 15:8

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

Proverbs 3:9

Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

Isaiah 66:3

He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

Jeremiah 7:21

These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.

Jeremiah 7:22

For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:

Leviticus 2:1

And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:

Leviticus 24:7

And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Amos 5:25

Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?

Micah 6:3

O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.

Malachi 3:8

Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.

Matthew 11:30

For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.