Hosea 6:6

In 11 translations

BSB

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.Cited in Matthew 9:13 and Matthew 12:7

KJV

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

WEB

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

ASV

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.Elohim

DRC

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

GNV

For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.

JPS

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

LXXE

For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.

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WLC

כִּ֛י חֶ֥סֶד חָפַ֖צְתִּי וְלֹא־זָ֑בַח וְדַ֥עַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים מֵעֹלֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Διότι ἔλεος θέλω ἢ θυσίαν, καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν Θεοῦ ἢ ὁλοκαυτώματα.

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• Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• Matthew 12:7If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
• Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
• Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
• Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
• Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” 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 and lambs and goats.
• Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
• Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
• Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Jeremiah 7:22For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
• 1 John 3:6No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
• Micah 6:6With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
• 1 John 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

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