Micah 6:6-8

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What should I bring before the Lord^(A)
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,^(B)
with year-old calves?

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Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams^(C)
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,^(D)
the child of my body for my own sin?

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Mankind, He has told you what is good^(E)
and what it is the Lord requires of you:^(F)
to act justly,^(G)
to love faithfulness,^(H)
and to walk humbly with your God.^(I)

Cross references:

A. Micah 6:6: Psalm 40:6-8

B. Micah 6:6: Psalm 51:16-17

C. Micah 6:7: Psalm 50:9; Isaiah 40:16

D. Micah 6:7: Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:1-5; Jeremiah 7:31

E. Micah 6:8: Deuteronomy 30:15

F. Micah 6:8: Deuteronomy 10:12

G. Micah 6:8: Isaiah 56:1; Jeremiah 22:3; Matthew 23:23

H. Micah 6:8: Hosea 6:6

I. Micah 6:8: Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 66:2