Psalm 51:16

New International Reader's Version

You don’t take delight in sacrifice. If you did, I would bring it. You don’t take pleasure in burnt offerings.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

Why did you turn your back on what I told you to do? You did what is evil in my sight. You made sure that Uriah, the Hittite, would be killed in battle. You took his wife to be your own. You let the men of Ammon kill him with their swords.

Psalm 40:6

You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. You didn’t require burnt offerings and sin offerings. You opened my ears so that I could hear you and obey you.

Psalm 50:8

I don’t bring charges against you because of your sacrifices. I don’t bring charges because of the burnt offerings you always bring me.

Psalm 51:6

I know that you wanted faithfulness even when I was in my mother’s body. You taught me wisdom in that secret place.

Psalm 71:15

I will tell other people about all the good things you have done. All day long I will talk about how you have saved your people. But there’s no way I could say how many times you’ve done this.

Exodus 21:14

But suppose they kill someone on purpose. Then take them away from my altar and put them to death.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice of sinful people. But the prayers of honest people please him.

Proverbs 21:27

God hates sacrifices that are brought by evil people. He hates it even more when they bring them for the wrong reason.

Jeremiah 7:27

“Jeremiah, when you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not answer.

Hosea 6:6

I want mercy and not sacrifice. I want you to recognize me as God instead of bringing me burnt offerings.

Numbers 15:27

“ ‘But suppose just one person sins without meaning to. Then that person must bring a female goat for a sin offering. It must be a year old.

Numbers 35:31

“ ‘Do not accept payment for a murderer’s life. A murderer deserves to die. They must certainly be put to death.

Deuteronomy 22:22

Suppose a man is seen sleeping with another man’s wife. Then the man and the woman must both die. Get rid of those evil people.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel replied, “What pleases the Lord more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying the Lord? It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice. It is better to do what he says than to offer the fat of rams.