Psalms 40:6

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You, LORD my God, have done many wonderful works, and Your plans are beyond comparison. If I tried to declare and speak of them, they are too numerous to count.

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  • Ps 51:16 : 16 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
  • Job 33:16 : 16 then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction.
  • Isa 1:11 : 11 "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed animals; I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.
  • Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.
  • Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master shall bring him before God. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
  • Amos 5:22 : 22 Even if you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not regard your fattened peace offerings.
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, so that it may go well with you.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
  • Ps 50:8 : 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
  • Isa 50:4-5 : 4 The Sovereign LORD has given me the tongue of the learned, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen like one being taught. 5 The Sovereign LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn away.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 The one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; the one who offers a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; the one who offers incense is like one who blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways and their souls delight in their abominations.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'
  • Matt 12:7 : 7 If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:4-9
    6 verses
    87%

    4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

    5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me.

    6You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin.

    7Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'"

    8After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law—

    9then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second.

  • Ps 51:15-17
    3 verses
    86%

    15Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

    16Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

    17Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

  • Ps 40:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared my ears to listen; burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

    8Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'

  • Hos 6:6
    77%

    6For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  • Ps 50:8-9
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    76%

    8Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

    9I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats from your pens.

  • Isa 1:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11"What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed animals; I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.

    12When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts?

    13Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—I cannot endure iniquity combined with solemn assembly.

  • Isa 43:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.

    24You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened Me with your sins and wearied Me with your iniquities.

  • Amos 5:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22Even if you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not regard your fattened peace offerings.

    23Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the melody of your harps.

  • Ps 51:19
    74%

    19The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

  • Jer 6:20
    74%

    20What use is frankincense brought from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices do not please me.

  • Ps 66:15
    74%

    15I will offer You burnt offerings of fat animals, with the smoke of rams; I will sacrifice bulls with goats. Selah.

  • Isa 50:5
    73%

    5The Sovereign LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn away.

  • Jer 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

    22For when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

  • Mic 6:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?

    7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand streams of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    72%

    22Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'

  • Mal 1:10
    72%

    10Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors so you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will not accept any offerings from your hands.

  • Isa 42:20
    70%

    20You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.

  • Ps 69:31
    70%

    31I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

  • 1 Sam 2:29
    70%

    29Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel?

  • Ps 54:6
    70%

    6Look, God is my helper; the Lord is among those who uphold my soul.

  • Amos 5:25
    70%

    25Did you bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

  • Num 29:36
    70%

    36You shall present a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old without defect.

  • Num 15:3
    69%

    3and if you present an offering by fire to the Lord—a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed festivals—to create a pleasing aroma for the Lord, from the herd or the flock,

  • Mal 1:8
    69%

    8When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you offer lame or sick animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you? says the LORD of Hosts.

  • Lev 22:29
    69%

    29When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.

  • Ps 17:6
    69%

    6I call on you, God, for you will answer me. Turn your ear to me and hear my words.

  • Lev 19:5
    69%

    5When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the LORD, offer it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.

  • Num 29:6
    69%

    6These are in addition to the burnt offering of the New Moon with its grain offering, and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings, according to their prescribed laws, as a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.

  • Mal 1:13
    69%

    13You say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it with contempt, says the LORD of Hosts. When you bring stolen, lame, or sick animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands? says the LORD.

  • Exod 29:18
    69%

    18Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

  • Num 15:8
    69%

    8When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, whether to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the Lord,

  • Num 29:39
    69%

    39These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed festivals, besides your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings.

  • Lev 22:23
    69%

    23You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering.

  • Isa 66:3
    69%

    3The one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; the one who offers a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; the one who offers incense is like one who blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways and their souls delight in their abominations.

  • Ps 140:6
    69%

    6The arrogant have hidden traps for me; they have spread out cords as a net and set snares for me along my path. Selah.