Hosea 6:6 Cross References

Hosea 6:6

6: I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices. I want you to know God; that's more important than burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:7

  1. But you would not have condemned those who aren't guilty if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.'

Matthew 9:13

  1. Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.' For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

Proverbs 21:3

  1. The LORD is more pleased when we do what is just and right than when we give him sacrifices.

1 Samuel 15:22

  1. But Samuel replied, "What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. Listening to him is much better than offering the fat of rams.

Isaiah 1:11

  1. "I am sick of your sacrifices," says the LORD. "Don't bring me any more burnt offerings! I don't want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don't want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats.

Amos 5:21

  1. "I hate all your show and pretense--the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

  1. As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut! Don't be a fool who doesn't realize that mindless offerings to God are evil.

Jeremiah 22:16

  1. He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.

Matthew 5:7

  1. God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Daniel 4:27

  1. " `O King Nebuchadnezzar, please listen to me. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past by being merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.'

1 Chronicles 28:9

  1. "And Solomon, my son, get to know the God of your ancestors. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and with a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and understands and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

Hosea 4:1

  1. Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! The LORD has filed a lawsuit against you, saying: "There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.

1 John 2:3

  1. And how can we be sure that we belong to him? By obeying his commandments.

1 John 3:6

  1. So if we continue to live in him, we won't sin either. But those who keep on sinning have never known him or understood who he is.

Micah 6:6

  1. What can we bring to the LORD to make up for what we've done? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves?

Jeremiah 7:22

  1. When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices I wanted from them.

Psalms 50:8

  1. I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly bring to my altar.

Hosea 2:20

  1. I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as LORD.

Isaiah 58:6

  1. "No, the kind of fasting I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn.
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