Hosea 6:6

Good News Translation

I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

And to Solomon he said, “My son, I charge you to acknowledge your father's God and to serve him with an undivided heart and a willing mind. He knows all our thoughts and desires. If you go to him, he will accept you; but if you turn away from him, he will abandon you forever.

Psalm 50:8

I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.

Proverbs 21:3

Do what is right and fair; that pleases the Lord more than bringing him sacrifices.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be careful about going to the Temple. It is better to go there to learn than to offer sacrifices like foolish people who don't know right from wrong.

Isaiah 1:11

He says, “Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.

Isaiah 58:6

“The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free.

Jeremiah 22:16

He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:22

I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices when I brought them out of Egypt.

Daniel 4:27

So then, Your Majesty, follow my advice. Stop sinning, do what is right, and be merciful to the poor. Then you will continue to be prosperous.”

Hosea 14:2

Return to the Lord, and let this prayer be your offering to him: “Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised.

Hosea 2:20

I will keep my promise and make you mine, and you will acknowledge me as Lord.

Hosea 4:1

The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: “There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.

Hosea 8:13

They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of the sacrifices. But I, the Lord, am not pleased with them, and now I will remember their sin and punish them for it; I will send them back to Egypt!

Amos 5:21

The Lord says, “I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!

Micah 6:6

What shall I bring to the Lord, the God of heaven, when I come to worship him? Shall I bring the best calves to burn as offerings to him?

Micah 6:8

No, the Lord has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.

Matthew 12:7

The scripture says, ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ If you really knew what this means, you would not condemn people who are not guilty;

Matthew 5:7

“Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them!

Matthew 9:13

Go and find out what is meant by the scripture that says: ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.”

Mark 12:33

And you must love God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength; and you must love your neighbor as you love yourself. It is more important to obey these two commandments than to offer on the altar animals and other sacrifices to God.”

1 John 2:3

If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him.

1 John 3:6

So everyone who lives in union with Christ does not continue to sin; but whoever continues to sin has never seen him or known him.

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Which does the Lord prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.