Psalms 69:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

That will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 50:13-14 : 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? 14 Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the Most High!
  • Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 Return to the LORD and repent! Say to him:“Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
  • Eph 5:19-20 : 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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    19Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.

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    30I will sing praises to God’s name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks!

  • Ps 69:32
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    32The oppressed look on– let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!

  • Ps 147:10-11
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    10He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.

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  • Isa 66:3
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    3The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices.

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    15I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices, along with the smell of sacrificial rams. I will offer cattle and goats.(Selah)

  • Prov 21:3
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    3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Ps 51:15-17
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    15O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

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  • Isa 1:11
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    11“Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?” says the LORD.“I have had my fill of burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.

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    13Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?

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  • Mic 6:6-7
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    6With what should I enter the LORD’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

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    6“Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in.

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    21The LORD wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

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    17I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the LORD.

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  • Ps 40:6
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  • Num 29:36
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    36But you must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, one bull, one ram, seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish,

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    9I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.

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    22Then Samuel said,“Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

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    6For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.

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    2I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!

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    2You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish.

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    27The LORD is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar!

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    17I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

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    69%

    23Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”

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    69%

    34May my thoughts be pleasing to him! I will rejoice in the LORD.

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    11You are to kill the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting

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    68%

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    1You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.

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    19if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.

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