Psalm 40:6

The English Standar Version

Sacrifice and offering you have not desired, but you have given me an open ear.[1] Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

Cross References

Job 33:16

then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings,

Job 5:9

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:

Psalm 139:17

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:18

If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.

Psalm 50:8

Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

Psalm 51:16

For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

Psalm 71:15

My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.

Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.

Isaiah 1:11

"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of 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, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

Isaiah 66:3

"He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig's blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

Hosea 6:6

For I desire steadfast love[1] and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Amos 5:22

Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them.

Matthew 12:7

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

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

1 Samuel 15:22

And 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 listen than the fat of rams.