Amos 5:21
Amos · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.”Amos 5:21
What Does Amos 5:21 Mean?
Amos 5:21 is found in the book of Amos, chapter 5, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Amos 5:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Samuel 15:22“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”Hosea 6:6“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”Isaiah 1:11“To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.”Psalms 51:17“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”Proverbs 28:9“He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.”Leviticus 26:31“And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.”Isaiah 1:14“Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.”Isaiah 66:3“He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.”Hosea 2:11“I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.”Jeremiah 6:20“To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.”Hebrews 10:5“Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:”Psalms 51:16“For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.”Proverbs 15:8“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.”Hosea 8:13“They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.”Mark 12:33“And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”Hebrews 10:4“For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.”Genesis 8:21“And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”Proverbs 21:27“The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?”Malachi 1:10“Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.”Matthew 23:13“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”
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