Micah 6:7

New Living Translation

Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins?

Cross References

2 Kings 16:3

Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel, even sacrificing his own son in the fire. In this way, he followed the detestable practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:6

Manasseh also sacrificed his own son in the fire. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the Lord’s sight, arousing his anger.

2 Kings 23:10

Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, so no one could ever again use it to sacrifice a son or daughter in the fire as an offering to Molech.

2 Kings 3:27

Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel, and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.

Job 29:6

My steps were awash in cream, and the rocks gushed olive oil for me.

Psalm 50:9

But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens.

Psalm 51:16

You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering.

Psalm 51:18

Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but he delights in the prayers of the upright.

Proverbs 21:3

The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.

Isaiah 1:1

These are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. He saw these visions during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.

Isaiah 40:16

All the wood in Lebanon’s forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of our God.

Jeremiah 19:5

They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!

Jeremiah 6:20

There’s no use offering me sweet frankincense from Sheba. Keep your fragrant calamus imported from distant lands! I will not accept your burnt offerings. Your sacrifices have no pleasing aroma for me.”

Jeremiah 7:31

They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!

Ezekiel 23:37

They have committed both adultery and murder—adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as sacrifices the children they bore to me.

Hosea 5:6

When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the Lord, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them.

Hosea 6:6

I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

Leviticus 18:21

“Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 20:1

The Lord said to Moses,

Amos 5:22

I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.

Philemon 1:12

I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart.

Judges 11:31

I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

Judges 11:39

When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.