Verse 6

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 9:13 : 13 but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
• Matt 12:7 : 7 and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,
• Isa 1:11 : 11 `Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated `with' burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.
• 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as `in' hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;
• 1 John 3:6 : 6 every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.
• Dan 4:27 : 27 `Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
• Ps 50:8 : 8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings `Are' before Me continually.
• Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
• Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.
• Jer 22:16 : 16 He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.
• Hos 2:20 : 20 And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.
• Hos 4:1 : 1 `Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,
• Amos 5:21 : 21 I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
• Mic 6:6 : 6 With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?
• Matt 5:7 : 7 `Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.
• 1 John 2:3 : 3 and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
• Jer 7:22 : 22 For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is not this the fast that I chose -- To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?