Psalm 40:6

New American Bible - revised edition

You, yes you, O Lord, my God, have done many wondrous deeds! And in your plans for us there is none to equal you. Should I wish to declare or tell them, too many are they to recount.

Cross References

Job 33:16

It is then he opens their ears and with a warning, terrifies them,

Job 5:9

He does things great and unsearchable, things marvelous and innumerable.

Psalm 139:17

How precious to me are your designs, O God; how vast the sum of them!

Psalm 139:18

Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sands; when I complete them, still you are with me.

Psalm 50:8

Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, your burnt offerings are always before me.

Psalm 51:16

Rescue me from violent bloodshed, God, my saving God, and my tongue will sing joyfully of your justice.

Psalm 71:15

My mouth shall proclaim your just deeds, day after day your acts of deliverance, though I cannot number them all.

Exodus 21:6

his master shall bring him to God and there, at the door or doorpost, he shall pierce his ear with an awl, thus keeping him as his slave forever.

Isaiah 1:11

What do I care for the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord. I have had enough of whole-burnt rams and fat of fatlings; In the blood of calves, lambs, and goats I find no pleasure.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God, I extol you, I praise your name; For you have carried out your wonderful plans of old, faithful and true.

Isaiah 66:3

The one slaughtering an ox, striking a man, sacrificing a lamb, breaking a dog’s neck, Making an offering of pig’s blood, burning incense, honoring an idol— These have chosen their own ways, and taken pleasure in their own abominations.

Hosea 6:6

For it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Amos 5:22

Even though you bring me your burnt offerings and grain offerings I will not accept them; Your stall-fed communion offerings, I will not look upon them.

Matthew 12:7

If you knew what this meant, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned these innocent men.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” The Question About Fasting.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel said: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to the Lord’s command? Obedience is better than sacrifice, to listen, better than the fat of rams.