Hosea 6:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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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?

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    16For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give `it', Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.

    17The sacrifices of God `are' a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

  • Heb 10:5-6
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    5Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,

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    6Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

  • Isa 1:11-13
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    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.

    12When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?

    13Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it `is' to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!

  • Matt 12:7
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    7and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,

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    5Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

  • Prov 21:3
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    3To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

  • Jer 6:20
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    20Why `is' this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings `are' not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

  • Ps 50:8-9
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    8Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings `Are' before Me continually.

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  • Amos 5:21-23
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    21I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

    22For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.

    23Turn aside from Me the noise of thy songs, Yea, the praise of thy psaltery I hear not.

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    6With 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?

    7Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born `for' my transgression? The fruit of my body `for' the sin of my soul?

    8He hath declared to thee, O man, what `is' good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

  • 1 Sam 15:22
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    22And 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;

  • Heb 10:8
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    8saying above -- `Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --

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    7And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

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    13but 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.'

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    21Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices, And eat ye flesh.

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    16And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,

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