Psalm 51:16

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

Psalm 40:6

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

Exodus 21:14

But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

Numbers 15:27

"'If any person sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering.

Numbers 15:30-31

"'But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people.

Numbers 35:31

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said, "Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

Psalm 50:8

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

Psalm 51:6

Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Proverbs 21:27

The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!

Isaiah 1:11-15

"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.

Jeremiah 7:22-23

Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Jeremiah 7:27

Then the Lord said to me, "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.

Amos 5:21-23

"I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

Hebrews 10:5-6

So when he came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Bible References

Desirest

Psalm 51:6
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.
Exodus 21:14
But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
Numbers 15:27
"'If any person sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering.
Numbers 35:31
Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:22
If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
Hosea 6:6
For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.

Delightest

Psalm 40:6
Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.
Psalm 50:8
I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.
Proverbs 15:8
The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Proverbs 21:27
The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!
Isaiah 1:11
"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.
Jeremiah 7:22
Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Amos 5:21
"I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!
Hebrews 10:5
So when he came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

General references

Numbers 7:27
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;
Numbers 29:17
"'On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,
Psalm 50:8
I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

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