Amos 5:22

Modern English Version

Though you offer Me burnt offerings or your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard the offerings of your fattened animals.

Cross References

Psalm 116:17

I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

Psalm 50:23

Whoever offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies Me; to him who orders his conduct aright, I will show the salvation of God.”

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

Isaiah 1:11

For what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? says the Lord. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

Isaiah 66:3

He who kills a bull is as if he kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood; he who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

Jeremiah 14:10

Thus says the Lord to this people: Even so they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore, the Lord does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose does incense from Sheba come to Me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices sweet to Me.

Jeremiah 7:21

Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.

Leviticus 7:11

This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that a person shall offer to the Lord.

Amos 5:23

Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps.

Malachi 1:9

But now entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will He accept you favorably? says the Lord of Hosts.

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, a listening ear than the fat of rams.