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Thematic Bible: What the lord desires


Thematic Bible


1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said,“Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.
 Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfAcceptance, divineFatnessevil, believers' responses toAcceptance, Of WorshipDelight, God ExpressingBurnt offeringNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In OtPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRamsSin, God's Remedy ForWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Hindrances ToOfferings, FigurativePriorityObedience To GodFat Of The SacrificesNot Pleasing GodPay Attention To God!Right SacrificesBlessings Of ObedienceObedienceSacrificesSacrificeObeying Godobeying

Hosea 6:6

For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
 Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsdesiresBurnt offeringGrace, In Human RelationshipsIntimacyLaw, Letter And Spirit OfLegalismMind, Of ChristNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In OtSin, God's Remedy ForWorship, Hindrances ToKnowledgeFormalityGod's DesiresRight SacrificesSacrificesMercySacrifice

Job 33:29-32
[Elihu comments] Behold, God does all these things twice, yes, three times, with a man, To bring back his life from the pit [of destruction], that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. Give heed, O Job, listen to me; hold your peace, and I will speak. read more.
If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

Psalm 132:13-14
For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation: This is My resting-place forever [says the Lord]; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Matthew 9:12-13
But when Jesus heard it, He replied, Those who are strong and well (healthy) have no need of a physician, but those who are weak and sick. Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin).

1 Timothy 2:3-4
For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior, Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth.

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