Psalm 51:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

Offerings and sacrifices are not what you want.

Cross References

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifices and offerings are not what please you; gifts and payment for sin are not what you demand. But you made me willing to listen and obey.

Hosea 6:6

I'd rather for you to be faithful and to know me than to offer sacrifices.

1 Samuel 15:22

“Tell me,” Samuel said. “Does the Lord really want sacrifices and offerings? No! He doesn't want your sacrifices. He wants you to obey him.

Psalm 51:6

But you want complete honesty, so teach me true wisdom.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord despises the offerings of wicked people with evil motives.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord is disgusted by gifts from the wicked, but it makes him happy when his people pray.

Psalm 50:8

Although you offer sacrifices and always bring gifts,

Jeremiah 7:27

Jeremiah, no matter what you do, the people won't listen.

Deuteronomy 22:22

People of Israel, if a man is caught having sex with someone else's wife, you must put them both to death. That way, you will get rid of the evil they have done in Israel.

Numbers 15:27

But if one of you does wrong without knowing it, you must sacrifice a year-old female goat as a sacrifice for sin.

Exodus 21:14

If you plan in advance to murder someone, there's no escape, not even by holding on to my altar. You will be dragged off and killed.

Numbers 35:31

You cannot give someone money to escape the death penalty; you must pay with your own life!

2 Samuel 12:9

Why did you disobey me and do such a horrible thing? You murdered Uriah the Hittite by letting the Ammonites kill him, so you could take his wife.

Psalm 71:15

All day long I will tell the wonderful things you do to save your people. But you have done much more than I could possibly know.