Psalms 40:6

World English Bible (2000)

Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 51:16 : 16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Samuel said, "Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen 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 are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
  • Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for me; 6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'" 8 Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law), 9 then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, 10 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, 12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
  • Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
  • Amos 5:22 : 22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat. 22 For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Ps 50:8 : 8 I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
  • Isa 50:4-5 : 4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. 5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
  • Matt 12:7 : 7 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:4-9
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    4 For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

    5 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for me;

    6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.

    7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'"

    8 Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law),

    9 then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

  • Ps 51:15-17
    3 verses
    86%

    15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

    16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

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

  • Ps 40:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

    8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."

  • Hos 6:6
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    6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

  • Ps 50:8-9
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    76%

    8 I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

    9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

  • Isa 1:11-13
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    75%

    11 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

    12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

    13 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.

  • Isa 43:23-24
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    75%

    23 You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

    24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.

  • Amos 5:22-23
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    22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

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

  • Ps 51:19
    74%

    19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."

  • Jer 6:20
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    20 To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me."

  • Ps 66:15
    74%

    15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.

  • Isa 50:5
    73%

    5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.

  • Jer 7:21-22
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    73%

    21 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.

    22 For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  • Mic 6:6-7
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    72%

    6 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

    7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    72%

    22 Samuel said, "Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

  • Mal 1:10
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    10 "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of Armies, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

  • Isa 42:20
    70%

    20 You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

  • Ps 69:31
    70%

    31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

  • 1 Sam 2:29
    70%

    29 Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?'

  • Ps 54:6
    70%

    6 With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.

  • Amos 5:25
    70%

    25 "Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

  • Num 29:36
    70%

    36 but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;

  • Num 15:3
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    3 and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to Yahweh, of the herd, or of the flock;

  • Mal 1:8
    69%

    8 When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?" says Yahweh of Armies.

  • Lev 22:29
    69%

    29 "When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

  • Ps 17:6
    69%

    6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.

  • Lev 19:5
    69%

    5 "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

  • Num 29:6
    69%

    6 besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering of it, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

  • Mal 1:13
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    13 You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and you have sniffed at it," says Yahweh of Armies; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says Yahweh.

  • Exod 29:18
    69%

    18 You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

  • Num 15:8
    69%

    8 When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh;

  • Num 29:39
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    39 "'You shall offer these to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.'"

  • Lev 22:23
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    23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

  • Isa 66:3
    69%

    3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:

  • Ps 140:6
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    6 I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.