Proverbs 15:8 Cross References

Proverbs 15:8

8: The LORD hates the sacrifice of the wicked, but he delights in the prayers of the upright.

Proverbs 15:29

  1. The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the righteous.

Isaiah 1:10

  1. Listen to the LORD, you leaders of Israel! Listen to the law of our God, people of Israel. You act just like the rulers and people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
  2. "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.
  3. Why do you keep parading through my courts with your worthless sacrifices?
  4. The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.
  5. I hate all your festivals and sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them!

Proverbs 21:27

  1. God loathes the sacrifice of an evil person, especially when it is brought with ulterior motives.

Proverbs 28:9

  1. The prayers of a person who ignores the law are despised.

Jeremiah 6:20

  1. There is no use now in offering me sweet incense from Sheba. Keep your expensive perfumes! I cannot accept your burnt offerings. Your sacrifices have no sweet fragrance for me."

1 Chronicles 29:17

  1. I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.

Isaiah 61:8

  1. "For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.

John 4:24

  1. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."

The Song of Songs 2:14

  1. My dove is hiding behind some rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see you; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and you are lovely.

Psalms 17:1

  1. O LORD, hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from an honest heart.

Isaiah 66:3

  1. But those who choose their own ways, delighting in their sins, are cursed. Their offerings will not be accepted. When such people sacrifice an ox, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice. When they sacrifice a lamb or bring an offering of grain, it is as bad as putting a dog or the blood of a pig on the altar! When they burn incense, it is as if they had blessed an idol.

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 7:21

  1. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Away with your burnt offerings and sacrifices! Eat them yourselves!
  2. When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices I wanted from them.
  3. This is what I told them: `Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Only do as I say, and all will be well!'

Amos 5:21

  1. "I hate all your show and pretense--the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
  2. I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won't even notice all your choice peace offerings.
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