Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
I desired
General references
Bible References
I desired
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold,to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
“
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
Psalm 50:8 “I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Isaiah 1:11 “What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“Ihave had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Says the Lord.
“I
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Isaiah 58:6 “Is this not the fast which I choose,
Toloosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And tolet the oppressed go free
Andbreak every yoke?
To
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to
And
Jeremiah 7:22
For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
Amos 5:21 “I hate, I reject your festivals,
Nor do Idelight in your solemn assemblies.
Nor do I
Micah 6:6 With what shall I come to the Lord
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him withburnt offerings,
With yearling calves?
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with
With yearling calves?
Matthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion , and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 12:7 But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion, and not a sacrifice ,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
The
Hosea 4:1 Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel,
For the Lord has acase against the inhabitants of the land,
Because there isno faithfulness or kindness
Orknowledge of God in the land.
For the Lord has a
Because there is
Or
1 Chronicles 28:9
“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Jeremiah 22:16 “He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy;
Then it was well.
Is not that what it means to know Me?”
Declares the Lord.
Then it was well.
Declares the Lord.
1 John 2:3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.
1 John 3:6
No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.
General references
Numbers 29:17
‘Then on the second day: twelve bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect;
Numbers 30:5
But if her father should forbid her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her because her father had forbidden her.
Psalm 50:8 “I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.