Hosea 6:6

God's Word

I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

Psalm 50:8

I am not criticizing you for your sacrifices or burnt offerings, which are always in front of me.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to the Lord than offering a sacrifice.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Watch your step when you go to the house of God. It is better to go there and listen than to bring the sacrifices fools bring. Fools are unaware that they are doing ⌞something⌟ evil.

Isaiah 1:11

The Lord asks, “What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me? I’ve had enough of your burnt offerings of rams and enough fat from your fattened calves. I’m not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.

Isaiah 58:6

This is the kind of fasting I have chosen: Loosen the chains of wickedness, untie the straps of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke.

Jeremiah 22:16

He defended the cause of the poor and needy. Everything went well for him. Isn’t this what it means to know me?” asks the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:22

When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, I did not tell them anything about burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Daniel 4:27

“That is why, Your Majesty, my best advice is that you stop sinning, and do what is right. Stop committing the same errors, and have pity on the poor. Maybe you can prolong your prosperity.”

Hosea 14:2

Return to the Lord, and say these things to him: “Forgive all our sins, and kindly receive us. Then we’ll praise you with our lips.

Hosea 2:20

I will be true to you, my wife. Then you will know the Lord.

Hosea 4:1

Listen to the Lord’s word, you Israelites. The Lord has brought these charges against those who live in the land: “There is no faith, no love, and no knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 8:13

They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, the Lord, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt.

Amos 5:21

I hate your festivals; I despise them. I’m not pleased with your religious assemblies.

Micah 6:6

What should I bring when I come into the Lord’s presence, when I bow in front of the God of heaven? Should I bring him year-old calves as burnt offerings?

Micah 6:8

You mortals, the Lord has told you what is good. This is what the Lord requires from you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to live humbly with your God.

Matthew 12:7

If you had known what ‘I want mercy, not sacrifices’ means, you would not have condemned innocent people.

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are those who show mercy. They will be treated mercifully.

Matthew 9:13

Learn what this means: ‘I want mercy, not sacrifices.’ I’ve come to call sinners, not people who think they have God’s approval.”

Mark 12:33

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as you love yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Joshua 5:5

The men who left Egypt had been circumcised. However, the men born later, on the way through the desert, were not circumcised.

1 John 2:3

We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments.

1 John 3:6

Those who live in Christ don’t go on sinning. Those who go on sinning haven’t seen or known Christ.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said, “Is the Lord as delighted with burnt offerings and sacrifices as he would be with your obedience? To follow instructions is better than to sacrifice. To obey is better than sacrificing the fat of rams.