Thematic Bible: Withheld see offerings; withheld
Thematic Bible
Offerings » Withheld see offerings; withheld » Insufficient to secure salvation
This is a symbol that points to the present time. It means that the offerings and animal sacrifices presented to God cannot make the worshiper's heart perfect,
Verse Concepts
You have not desired sacrifice and meal offering. You have opened my ears. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
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Samuel said: What is more pleasing to Jehovah, burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obeying is better than sacrifice. To pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
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I desire loving-kindness (mercy), not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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You do not desire sacrifice. Otherwise, I would offer one to you. You are not pleased with burnt offerings. The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful (contrite) heart.
Jehovah says: What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me? I have had enough of your burnt offerings of rams and enough fat from your fattened calves. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
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You should learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.
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If you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Offerings » Withheld see offerings; withheld » Withheld
You did not buy me any sugar cane with your money or satisfy me with the best part of your sacrifices. Rather, you burdened me with your sins and troubled me with your iniquities.
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I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support. So the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.
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They also shut the doors of the temple's entrance hall. They extinguished the lamps, and did not burn incense or sacrifice burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
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I ask you: 'will you rob and defraud God? Of course not, yet you are robbing and defrauding me!' 'How have we robbed and defrauded?' You ask. 'In the matter of tithes and offerings.'
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But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. They kept back part of the money. His wife was also knowledgeable of the transaction. They brought part of the funds to the apostles.
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