Psalm 40:6

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

Cross References

Job 33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

Job 5:9

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; Marvellous things without number:

Psalm 139:17

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:18

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

Psalm 50:8

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices Or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

Psalm 51:16

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Psalm 71:15

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof.

Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

Isaiah 1:11

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

Isaiah 25:1

O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Isaiah 66:3

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

Hosea 6:6

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

Amos 5:22

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Matthew 12:7

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams.