Psalm 40:6

The Scriptures 1998

Slaughtering and meal offering You did not desire; You have opened my ears; Burnt offering and sin offering You did not ask for.

Cross References

Job 33:16

then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,

Job 5:9

who is doing great and unsearchable deeds, innumerable wonders,

Psalm 139:17

And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O Ě

Psalm 139:18

If I should count them, They would be more than the sand; When I wake up, I am still with You.

Psalm 50:8

“I do not reprove you for your slaughterings, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Psalm 51:16

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

Psalm 71:15

My mouth recounts Your righteousness Your deliverance all the day, Though I do not know their numbers.

Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him before Elohim, and shall 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

“Of what use to Me are your many slaughterings?” declares יהוה. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or goats.

Isaiah 25:1

O יהוה, You are my Elohim. I exalt You, I praise Your Name, for You shall do a wonder – counsels of long ago, trustworthiness, truth.

Isaiah 66:3

“But whoever slaughters the bull slays a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.

Hosea 6:6

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

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.

Matthew 12:7

“And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering,’ you would not have condemned the blameless.

Matthew 9:13

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

1 Samuel 15:22

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