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Matthew 12:7
But if you had known what this means,‘ I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means:‘ I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
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Isaiah 1:11
“ To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord.“ I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats.
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Amos 5:21
“ I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies.
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Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
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1 Samuel 15 22
So Samuel said:“ Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
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Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then it was well. Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
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Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
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Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
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1 Chronicles 28 9
“ As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.
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Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, You children of Israel, For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land:“ There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.
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1John 2:3
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1John 3:6
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Micah 6:6
With what shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?
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Jeremiah 7:22
For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
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Hosea 2:20
I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.
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Psalms 50:8
I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me.
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Isaiah 58:6
“ Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?