Psalms 51:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:6 : 6 You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.
  • Amos 5:21-23 : 21 Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings. 22 Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
  • Heb 10:5-6 : 5 So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me; 6 You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
  • Num 15:27 : 27 And if one person does wrong, without being conscious of it, then let him give a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offering.
  • Num 15:30-31 : 30 But the person who does wrong in the pride of his heart, if he is one of you or of another nation by birth, is acting without respect for the Lord, and will be cut off from his people. 31 Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.
  • Num 35:31 : 31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.
  • Ps 50:8 : 8 I will not take up a cause against you because of your offerings, or because of your burned offerings, which are ever before me.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
  • Isa 1:11-15 : 11 What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet? 13 Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings. 14 Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them. 15 And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Jer 7:22-23 : 22 For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts: 23 But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.
  • Jer 7:27 : 27 And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
  • Deut 22:22 : 22 If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 40:6
    86%

    6You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

  • Heb 10:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

    6You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.

  • Ps 51:17-19
    3 verses
    85%

    17The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

    18Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.

    19Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.

  • Heb 10:8
    81%

    8After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them,

  • Hos 6:6
    80%

    6Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

  • Amos 5:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.

    22Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

    23Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.

  • Ps 50:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8I will not take up a cause against you because of your offerings, or because of your burned offerings, which are ever before me.

    9I will take no ox out of your house, or he-goats from your flocks;

  • Isa 1:11-13
    3 verses
    78%

    11What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

    12At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?

    13Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

  • Isa 43:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

    24You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

  • Jer 6:20
    74%

    20To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    74%

    22And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.

  • Mal 1:10
    74%

    10If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

  • Ps 66:15
    74%

    15I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)

  • Ps 51:15
    73%

    15O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

  • Mic 6:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?

    7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

  • Jer 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.

    22For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:

  • Ps 69:31
    72%

    31This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.

  • 1 Sam 2:29
    71%

    29Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?

  • Ps 5:4
    71%

    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

  • Mal 1:8
    71%

    8And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

  • Prov 15:8
    71%

    8The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

  • Lev 22:29
    71%

    29And when you make an offering of praise to the Lord, make it in a way which is pleasing to him.

  • Prov 21:3
    71%

    3To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

  • Ps 54:6
    71%

    6Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give praise to your name, O Lord, for it is good.

  • Deut 17:1
    70%

    1No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Ps 50:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?

    14Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;

  • Amos 4:5
    70%

    5Let that which is leavened be burned as a praise-offering, let the news of your free offerings be given out publicly; for this is pleasing to you, O children of Israel, says the Lord.

  • Num 15:3
    70%

    3And are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock:

  • Isa 66:3
    70%

    3He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

  • Prov 21:27
    69%

    27The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

  • Lev 17:8
    69%

    8And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

  • Isa 40:16
    69%

    16And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.

  • Mal 1:13
    69%

    13And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.

  • Mal 2:13
    69%

    13And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives no more thought to the offering, and does not take it with pleasure from your hand.

  • Isa 57:6
    69%

    6Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    69%

    26But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

  • Lev 19:5
    69%

    5And when you give a peace offering to the Lord, do it in the way which is pleasing to the Lord.

  • Ps 116:17
    69%

    17I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.