Psalm 51:16

The Passion Translation

For the source of your pleasure is not in my performance or the sacrifices I might offer to you.

Cross References

Psalm 40:6

It’s not sacrifices that really move your heart. Burnt offerings, sin offerings—those aren’t what bring you joy. But when you open my ears and speak to me, I become your willing servant, your prisoner of love for life.

Psalm 50:8

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, which you continually bring to my altar.

Psalm 51:6

I know that you delight to set your truth deep in my spirit. So come into the hidden places of my heart and teach me wisdom.

Psalm 71:15

I couldn’t begin to count the times you’ve been there for me. With the skill of a poet I’ll never run out of things to say about how you faithfully kept me from danger.

Proverbs 15:8

It is despicable to the Lord when people use the worship of the Almighty as a cloak for their sin, but every prayer of the righteous is pleasing to his heart.

Proverbs 21:27

To bring an offering to God with an ulterior motive is detestable, for it amounts to nothing but hypocrisy.

Jeremiah 7:27

“And when you tell them all this, they will not hear you. You will call to them, but they won’t respond to you.