Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Pleased
Rivers
Shall
Body
General references
Bible References
Pleased
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as much 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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As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
Psalm 10:8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places hekills the innocent;
His eyesstealthily watch for the unfortunate.
In the hiding places he
His eyes
Psalm 50:9 “I shall take no young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
Nor male goats out of your folds.
Psalm 51:16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Isaiah 1:11 “What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“Ihave had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Says the Lord.
“I
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Isaiah 40:16 Even Lebanon is not enough to burn,
Nor itsbeasts enough for a burnt offering.
Nor its
Jeremiah 7:21
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
Hosea 6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Amos 5:22 “Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at thepeace offerings of your fatlings.
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the
Rivers
Job 29:6 When my steps were bathed in butter,
And therock poured out for me streams of oil!
And the
Shall
Judges 11:31
then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
2 Kings 3:27
Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the sons of Israel.
2 Kings 21:6 He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord provoking Him to anger.
2 Kings 23:10 He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech.
Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind.
Jeremiah 19:5
and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My mind;
Ezekiel 16:20
“Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter?
Ezekiel 23:37
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food.
Body
Philemon 1:12
I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,
General references
Psalm 50:9 “I shall take no young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
Nor male goats out of your folds.
Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.