Hosea 6:6
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”Hosea 6:6
What Does Hosea 6:6 Mean?
Hosea 6:6 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 6, verse 6 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 Hosea 6:6 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.”Matthew 9:13“But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”Micah 6:8“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”Hosea 4:6“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”Matthew 12:7“But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.”Proverbs 21:3“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.”Ecclesiastes 5:1“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.”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.”Amos 5:24“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”Psalms 51:16“For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.”Matthew 23:23“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”Jeremiah 22:16“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.”Matthew 5:7“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”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.”Jeremiah 7:22“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:”Psalms 40:6“Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.”Daniel 4:27“Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.”1 Chronicles 28:9“And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.”Psalms 50:8“I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.”
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