Psalm 40:6

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 33:16

then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,

Job 5:9

who does the great and the inscrutable, wonders without number.

Psalm 139:17

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:18

Were I to count them, they would be in number more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

Psalm 50:8

Not for your sacrifices will I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Psalm 51:16

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.

Psalm 71:15

My mouth will tell of Your righteousness and of Your salvation all the day, for I do not know their extent.

Exodus 21:6

then his master will bring him to the judges, then he shall also bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

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 25:1

O  Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your plans formed of old are faithfulness and truth.

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;

Hosea 6:6

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

Amos 5:22

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.

Matthew 12:7

If you had known what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

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.