Amos 5:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Even if you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will have no regard for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:3

One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol – all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.

Leviticus 7:11

‘Now this is the law of the fellowship sacrifice  that someone may present to the Lord:

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable  – how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

Isaiah 1:11

‘What are all your sacrifices to me? ’ asks the Lord. ‘I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I have no desire for the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.

Jeremiah 6:20

What use to me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane  from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.

Jeremiah 7:21

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,

Jeremiah 14:10

This is what the Lord says concerning these people: Truly they love to wander; they never rest their feet. So the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

Amos 5:23

Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Malachi 1:9

‘And now plead for God’s favour. Will he be gracious to us?  Since this has come from your hands, will he show any of you favour? ’  asks the Lord of Armies.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said: Does the Lord   take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the  Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the  Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.