Jeremiah 7:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,”
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“For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:”
King James Version · Public Domain“For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 7:22 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
- Psalms 51:16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
- Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- 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.”
- Mark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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