Matthew 12:7

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Cross References

Job 32:3

Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Iyov.

Psalm 109:31

For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 22:29

But Yeshua answered them, *You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

Matthew 9:13

But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.*

Mark 12:33

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.*

Acts 13:27

For those who dwell in Yerushalayim, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Shabbat, fulfilled them by condemning him.

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.

Joshua 5:5

For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.

1 Samuel 15:22

Shemu'el said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.