Psalm 51:16
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
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Psalm 51:6
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Exodus 21:14
But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

Numbers 15:27, 30, 31
Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering. . . .

Numbers 35:31
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

Deuteronomy 22:22
If a man is found lying with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

else would I.

Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

Psalm 50:8
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--how much more so when brought with ill intent!

Isaiah 1:11-15
"What is your multitude of sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls, of lambs and goats. . . .

Jeremiah 7:22, 23, 27
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, . . .

Amos 5:21-23
I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. . . .

Hebrews 10:5, 6
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for me. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.

King James Bible
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; You are not pleased with a burnt offering.

International Standard Version
Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings.

NET Bible
Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because you have not desired sacrifices, neither have you chosen burnt offerings.
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