Hosea 6:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God  rather than burnt offerings.

Cross References

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.   , For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.’

Matthew 12:7

If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice,   , you would not have condemned the innocent.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the  Lord than sacrifice.

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.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise, your feasts! I can’t stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do,  for they ignorantly do wrong.

Jeremiah 22:16

He took up the case of the poor and needy; then it went well. Is this not what it means to know me? This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you, my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right,  and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy.  Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.’

1 Chronicles 28:9

‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind,  for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought.  If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.

Jeremiah 7:22

for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them  or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.

1 John 3:6

Everyone who remains in him  does not sin;  , everyone who sins  has not seen him or known him.

1 John 2:3

This is how we know  that we know him: if we keep his commands.

Micah 6:6

What should I bring before the  Lord when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the  Lord,  people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth,  no faithful love, and no knowledge of God  in the land!

Isaiah 58:6

Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke?

Hosea 2:20

I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness, and you will know the Lord.

Mark 12:33

And to love  him with all your heart, with all your understanding,  and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.’

Hosea 14:2

Take words of repentance with you and return to the  Lord. Say to him, ‘Forgive all our iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may repay you with praise  from our   lips.

Micah 6:8

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the  Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Joshua 5:5

Though all the people who came out were circumcised, none of the people born in the wilderness along the way were circumcised after they had come out of Egypt.

Hosea 8:13

Though they offer sacrificial gifts  , and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.