Isaiah 1:11

"How do your voluminous sacrifices benefit me?" the LORD is asking. "I've had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts. I don't enjoy the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.

Jeremiah 6:20

What good is frankincense that comes from Sheba to me, or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings aren't acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me."

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, "Does the LORD delight as much in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the LORD? Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

Psalm 50:8

I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 66:3

"Whoever slaughters an ox is just like one who kills a human being; whoever sacrifices a lamb is just like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is just like one who offers pig's blood; and whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense is just like one who blesses an idol. Yes, these have chosen their own ways, and they take delight in their contaminated actions.

Amos 5:21

"I hate I despise your festival days, and your solemn convocations stink.

Malachi 1:10

"Oh, that one of you would shut the Temple doors and not light useless fires on the altar! I'm not pleased with you," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I'll accept no offerings from you.

Psalm 51:16

Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings.

Proverbs 21:27

What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

Jeremiah 7:21

This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says:

Micah 6:7

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with endless rivers of oil? Am I to give my firstborn to pay for my rebellion, the fruit of my body in exchange for my soul?

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

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Summary

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

Bible References

What purpose

Isaiah 66:3
"Whoever slaughters an ox is just like one who kills a human being; whoever sacrifices a lamb is just like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is just like one who offers pig's blood; and whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense is just like one who blesses an idol. Yes, these have chosen their own ways, and they take delight in their contaminated actions.
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, "Does the LORD delight as much in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the LORD? Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
Psalm 50:8
I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.
Psalm 51:16
Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 21:27
What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!
Jeremiah 6:20
What good is frankincense that comes from Sheba to me, or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings aren't acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me."
Jeremiah 7:21
This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says:
Amos 5:21
"I hate I despise your festival days, and your solemn convocations stink.
Micah 6:7
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with endless rivers of oil? Am I to give my firstborn to pay for my rebellion, the fruit of my body in exchange for my soul?
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

General references

Numbers 7:27
one young bull, one ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering;
Numbers 29:17
"On the second day, you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one year old lambs, all without defects,
Isaiah 57:12
"I will denounce your righteousness and your works, for your collections of idols will not benefit you.

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