Micah 6:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Cross References

2 Kings 16:3

But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Moreover he consecrated also his son, making him pass through the fire according to the idols of the nations: which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices; and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

Jeremiah 7:31

And they have built the high places of Topeth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not nor thought on in my heart.

Psalm 50:9

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

2 Kings 23:10

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom: that no man should consecrate there his son or his daughter through fire to Moloch.

2 Kings 21:6

And he made his son pass through fire. And he used divination, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him.

2 Kings 3:27

Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel; and presently they departed from him, and returned into their own country.

Isaiah 40:16

And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

Leviticus 18:21

Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God. I am the Lord.

Philemon 1:12

Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.

Amos 5:22

And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.

Ezekiel 23:37

Because they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and they have committed fornication with their idols: moreover also their children, whom they bore to me, they have offered to them to be devoured.

Jeremiah 19:5

And they have built the high places of Baalim, to burn their children with fire for a holocaust to Baalim: which I did not command, nor speak of, neither did it once come into my mind.

Job 29:6

When I washed my feet with butter: and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?

Judges 11:39

And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept:

Judges 11:31

Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.

Leviticus 20:1

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Proverbs 15:8

The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Proverbs 21:3

To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

Isaiah 1:1

THE vision of Isaias the son of Amos I which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda

Hosea 5:6

With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose do you bring me frankincense from Saba, and the sweet smelling cane from a far country? Your holocausts are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.