Proverbs 15:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 21:27

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

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test the heart  and that you are pleased with what is right.  I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present  here giving joyfully and  willingly to you.

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.

Proverbs 28:9

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law – even his prayer is detestable.

Isaiah 61:8

For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and injustice; I will faithfully reward my people and make a permanent covenant  with them.

John 4:24

God is spirit,   and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.’

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.

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.

Song of Solomon 2:14

My dove,  in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Leviticus 7:18

If any of the meat of his fellowship sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted.  It will not be credited to the one who presents it; it is repulsive.  The person who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dreads will come to him, but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Proverbs 21:3

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

Micah 6:7

Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin?

Haggai 2:14

Then Haggai replied, ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.

2 Samuel 15:12

While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom sent for David’s adviser Ahithophel the Gilonite,  from his city of Giloh. So the conspiracy grew strong, and the people supporting Absalom continued to increase.

1 Kings 3:10

Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had requested this.

Daniel 9:23

At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God.  , So consider the message and understand the vision:

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?

Malachi 1:10

‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.