Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked. Verse ConceptsEarsTeachablenessGod's DesiresThe Faculty Of HearingSacrificesSacrifice


Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices, And eat ye flesh. For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice, But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye -- ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering. Verse ConceptsFirewoodShortage Other Than Food

and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.' Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsOfferingsReligionSacrifice, In OtTrue ReligionAcceptance, Of One AnotherLove Towards God, Nature OfLove To Others, Evidence OfBrotherly LoveReceptive HeartsLove Your Neighbour!NeighboursRight SacrificesThe Need To Love GodLoving YourselfSelf WorthLove And StrengthSelf EsteemStrength And Love


Why is this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings are not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me. Verse ConceptsPlantsTradeCommerceDelicaciesSweetnessFragranceGood Things From Far AwayNot Pleasing God

Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted. Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesAtonement, in OTDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfBlood, Figurative UseMemorialPleasureAbominations, Sin IsKilling Domesticated AnimalsPigsIncense Offered AmissKilling SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And Libationspork

The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They -- to Egypt they turn back. Verse ConceptsGod Remembering SinNot Pleasing God

When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them. Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesdiseasesPlaguesPestilencePointless Fasting

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For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give it, Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.


Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually. I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats. For Mine is every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen. read more.
I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me. If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness. Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats? Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it. Verse ConceptsAbominations, To GodAbominations, Practicesshunningmotives

Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired. When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts? Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint! read more.
Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.

I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints. For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not. Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not. read more.
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year? Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born for my transgression? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath declared to thee, O man, what is good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

if for a thank-offering he bring it near, then he hath brought near with the sacrifice of thank-offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and of fried flour cakes mixed with oil; Verse ConceptsFoodOilOil On SacrificesThanking God

'And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice, Verse ConceptsThank OfferingThanking GodAcceptanceSacrificeThank YouBeing GratefulThanksgiving And GratitudeThanksThanksgiving Offered To God


Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.









Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfCalling upon GodThankfulnessPraise


A Psalm. -- A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High, Verse ConceptsPraiseGratitudeGood ActivityPraise To God Is FittingThanking GodBeing GratefulPraise And WorshipGiving ThanksThanks




When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete. Verse ConceptsProcrastinationGod's Attitude To FoolsMaking VowsNot Pleasing GodThe promises of GodPromisesMaking Mistakesfulfillment

'When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth. Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsCovenant breakersFaithfulness, To GodFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsGuaranteeOaths, HumanPerjuryPledgesUnfaithfulness, To PeopleVowsVowsBindingMaking VowsSwearingfreemasonry


Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest. Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesMaking VowsGod Answers PrayerGod Answering Prayers

When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee -- sin. Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersdelay, humanOaths, HumanPromises, HumanProcrastinationMaking Vows

'Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; Verse ConceptsMaking VowsFalse WaysGod Speaking Of Oldgrandmas

Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One. Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodVowsMaking VowsGod Is To Be Feared