Micah 6:7

The Scriptures 1998

Is יהוה  pleased with thousands of rams or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my being?

Cross References

2 Kings 16:3

But he walked in the way of the sovereigns of Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 21:6

And he made his son pass through the fire, and practised magic, and used divination, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the eyes of יהוה, to provoke Him.

2 Kings 23:10

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so that no man could make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Moleḵ

2 Kings 3:27

then took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Yisra’ĕ

Job 29:6

when my steps were bathed with cream, and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me.

Psalm 50:9

“I do not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your pens.

Psalm 51:16

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

Psalm 51:18

Do good in Your good pleasure to Tsiyon; Build the walls of Yerushalayim.

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and right-ruling Is more acceptable to יהוה  than a slaughtering.

Isaiah 1:1

The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amots, which he saw concerning Yehuḏ

Isaiah 40:16

And Leḇ

Jeremiah 19:5

and have built the high places of Baʽ

Jeremiah 6:20

“What need have I of frankincense from Sheḇ

Jeremiah 7:31

“And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.

Ezekiel 23:37

“For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. And they have committed adultery with their idols, and even offered their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour.

Hosea 5:6

“With their flocks and herds they go to seek יהוה, but do not find Him – He has withdrawn from them.

Hosea 6:6

“For I delight in kindness and not slaughtering, and in the knowledge of Elohim more than burnt offerings.

Leviticus 18:21

‘And do not give any of your offspring to pass through to Moleḵ

Leviticus 20:1

And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, saying,

Amos 5:22

“Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I do not accept them, nor do I look on your fattened peace offerings.

Philemon 1:12

whom I sent back to you, and receive him, that is, my own tender affections,

Judges 11:31

then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall belong to יהוה, and I shall offer it up as a burnt offering.”

Judges 11:39

And it came to be at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. And it became a statute in Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Shemu’ĕ