Micah 6:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Will thousands of sheep or rivers of olive oil make God satisfied with me? Should I sacrifice to the LORD my firstborn child as payment for my terrible sins?

Cross References

2 Kings 16:3

and was even more sinful than the kings of Israel. He sacrificed his own son, which was a disgusting custom of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

2 Kings 21:6

and even set up the pole for Asherah there. Manasseh practised magic and witchcraft; he asked fortune-tellers for advice and sacrificed his own son. He did many sinful things and made the LORD very angry. Years ago the LORD had told David and his son Solomon: Jerusalem is the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there I will be worshipped for ever.

2 Kings 23:10

Josiah sent some men to Hinnom Valley just outside Jerusalem with orders to make the altar there unfit for worship. That way, people could no longer use it for sacrificing their children to the god Molech.

2 Kings 3:27

He then grabbed his eldest son who was to be the next king and sacrificed him as an offering on the city wall. The Israelite troops were so horrified that they left the city and went back home.

Job 29:6

My herds gave enough milk to bathe my feet, and from my olive harvest flowed rivers of oil.

Psalm 50:9

I won't accept your offerings of bulls and goats.

Psalm 51:16

Offerings and sacrifices are not what you want.

Psalm 51:18

Please be willing, Lord, to help the city of Zion and to rebuild its walls.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair pleases the LORD more than an offering.

Isaiah 1:1

I am Isaiah, the son of Amoz. And this is the message that I was given about Judah and Jerusalem when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah:

Isaiah 40:16

The cattle on Lebanon's mountains would not be enough to offer as a sacrifice to God, and the trees would not be enough for the fire.

Jeremiah 6:20

People of Judah, you bring me incense from Sheba and spices from distant lands. You offer sacrifices of all kinds. But why bother? I hate these gifts of yours!

Jeremiah 7:31

At Topheth in Hinnom Valley you have built altars where you kill your children and burn them as sacrifices to other gods. I would never think of telling you to do this.

Ezekiel 23:37

They have been unfaithful by worshipping idols, and they have committed murder by sacrificing my own children as offerings to idols.

Hosea 5:6

You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found.

Hosea 6:6

I'd rather you were faithful and knew me than offered sacrifices.

Leviticus 18:21

Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the LORD your God, and that would disgrace me.

Leviticus 20:1

The LORD told Moses

Amos 5:22

I won't accept your offerings or animal sacrifices— not even your very best.

Philemon 1:12

Sending Onesimus back to you makes me very sad.

Judges 11:31

and come home safely, I will sacrifice to you whoever comes out to meet me first.”

Judges 11:39

Then she went back to her father. He did what he had promised, and she never got married. That's why

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.