Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. A call to return: 'Come, let us return to the Lord; he has torn and will heal us.' God desires steadfast love and not sacrifice, knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. Ephraim's …
Otras traducciones
For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
Referencias cruzadas
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And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and …
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give …
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt …
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, …
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the …
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know …
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities …