Psalm 40:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

Cross References

Job 33:16

then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline,

Job 5:9

He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

Psalm 50:8

For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.

Psalm 71:15

And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. They will bless him all day long.

Exodus 21:6

then his lord shall make an offering for him to the heavens, and it shall be applied to the door and the posts, and he will pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall be his servant in perpetuity.

Isaiah 1:11

The multitude of your sacrifices, what is that to me, says the Lord? I am full. I do not desire holocausts of rams, nor the fat of fatlings, nor the blood of calves and of lambs and of he-goats.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you, and I will confess your name. For you have accomplished miracles. Your plan, from antiquity, is faithful. Amen.

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever immolates an ox, it is as if he slaughters a man. Whoever sacrifices a sheep, it is as if he is smashing the head of a dog. Whoever offers an oblation, it is as if he is offering swine's blood. Whoever makes remembrance with incense, it is as if he is blessing an idol. All these things, they have chosen according to their own ways, and their soul has taken delight in their own abominations.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.

Amos 5:22

For if you offer me holocausts and your gifts, I will not receive them; and I will not look upon the vows of your fatness.

Matthew 12:7

And if you knew what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would never have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 9:13

So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners."

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said: "Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.