Psalm 40:6

New King James Version

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

Cross References

Job 33:16

Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction.

Job 5:9

Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number.

Psalm 139:17

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

Psalm 139:18

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

Psalm 50:8

I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me.

Psalm 51:16

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

Psalm 71:15

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day, For I do not know their limits.

Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

Isaiah 1:11

“To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or 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 counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Isaiah 66:3

“He who kills a bull is as if he slays 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. Just as they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,

Hosea 6:6

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

Amos 5:22

Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.

Matthew 12:7

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 9:13

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

1 Samuel 15:22

So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.