sacrifice
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 28:9
Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law-- even his prayer is detestable.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 13:12
I thought: The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven't sought the LORD's favor. So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 13:13
Samuel said to Saul, "You have been foolish. You have not kept the command which the LORD your God gave you. It was at this time that the LORD would have permanently established your reign over Israel,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 15:21-23
21
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder-- the best of what was set apart for destruction-- to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal."
22
Then Samuel said: Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention [is better] than the fat of rams.
23
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 50:8-13
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I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.
9
I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,
10
for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11
I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine.
13
Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 1:11-16
11
"What are all your sacrifices to Me?" asks the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I have no desire for the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
12
When you come to appear before Me, who requires this from you-- [this] trampling of My courts?
13
Stop bringing useless offerings. I despise [your] incense. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies-- I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.
14
I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of putting up with [them].
15
When you lift up your hands [in prayer], I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
16
"Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 66:3
One slaughters an ox, one kills a man; one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog's neck; one offers a grain offering, one offers swine's blood; one offers incense, one praises an idol-- all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abominations.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 7:11
Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen [it]." [This is] the LORD's declaration.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 7:12
"But return to My place that was at Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at first. See what I did to it because of the evil of My people Israel.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_30 5:21
I hate, I despise your feasts! I can't stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_30 5:22
Even if you offer Me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept [them]; I will have no regard for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.
with a wicked mind
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 23:14
[["Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]]