Micah 6:6

New Century Version

You say, “What can I bring with me when I come before the Lord, when I bow before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:3

He asked, “What can I do for you? How can I make up for the harm done so you can bless the Lord’s people?”

Psalm 116:12

What can I give the Lord for all the good things he has given to me?

Psalm 22:29

All the powerful people on earth will eat and worship. Everyone will bow down to him, all who will one day die.

Psalm 95:2

Let’s come to him with thanksgiving. Let’s sing songs to him,

Psalm 95:6

Come, let’s worship him and bow down. Let’s kneel before the Lord who made us,

Exodus 12:5

The lamb must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat.

Exodus 23:15

You must celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the way I commanded you. For seven days you must eat bread that is made without yeast at the set time during the month of Abib, the month when you came out of Egypt. No one is to come to worship me without bringing an offering.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice that the wicked offer, but he likes the prayers of honest people.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.

Isaiah 40:16

All the trees in Lebanon are not enough for the altar fires, and all the animals in Lebanon are not enough for burnt offerings.

Jeremiah 6:20

Why do you bring me offerings of incense from the land of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway land? Your burnt offerings will not be accepted; your sacrifices do not please me.”

Ezekiel 46:9

“ ‘When the people of the land come into the Lord’s presence at the special feasts, those who enter through the north gate to worship must go out through the south gate. Those who enter through the south gate must go out through the north gate. They must not return the same way they entered; everyone must go out the opposite way.

Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnezzar went to the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, come out! Servants of the Most High God, come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.

Daniel 4:9

I said, “Belteshazzar, you are the most important of all the fortune-tellers. I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, so there is no secret that is too hard for you to understand. This was what I dreamed; tell me what it means.

Daniel 5:18

“O king, the Most High God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great, important, and powerful king.

Daniel 5:21

He was forced away from people, and his mind became like the mind of an animal. He lived with the wild donkeys and was fed grass like an ox and became wet with dew. These things happened to him until he learned his lesson: The Most High God rules over every kingdom on earth, and he sets anyone he chooses over those kingdoms.

Hosea 5:6

They will come to worship the Lord, bringing their flocks and herds, but they will not be able to find him, because he has left them.

Amos 5:22

If you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won’t accept them. You bring your best fellowship offerings of fattened cattle, but I will ignore them.

Matthew 19:16

A man came to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to have life forever?”

Mark 12:33

One must love God with all his heart, all his mind, and all his strength. And one must love his neighbor as he loves himself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”

Mark 5:7

The man shouted in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I command you in God’s name not to torture me!”

Luke 10:25

Then an expert on the law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”

John 6:26

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you aren’t looking for me because you saw me do miracles. You are looking for me because you ate the bread and were satisfied.

Acts 16:17

This girl followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God. They are telling you how you can be saved.”

Acts 16:30

He brought them outside and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?”

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they felt guilty and asked Peter and the other apostles, “What shall we do?”

Ephesians 3:14

So I bow in prayer before the Father

Hebrews 10:11

Every day the priests stand and do their religious service, often offering the same sacrifices. Those sacrifices can never take away sins.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel answered, “What pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obedience to his voice? It is better to obey than to sacrifice. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat of sheep.