Matthew 12:7
If you had known what this means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
Hosea 6:6
For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Micah 6:6-8
With what should I enter the Lord's presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
Job 32:3
With Job's three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.
Psalm 94:21
They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
Psalm 109:31
because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
Proverbs 17:15
The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent -- both of them are an abomination to the Lord.
Isaiah 1:11-17
"Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?" says the Lord. "I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.
Matthew 22:29
Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.
Acts 13:27
For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.
James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.