Ps.51.16

Psalm 51:16

KJV

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba.

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:22

KJV

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.

Samuel Denounces Saul

Psalm 40:6

KJV Jesus

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

I Waited Patiently for the LORD

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 50:8

KJV GOD

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

The Mighty One Calls

A Psalm of Asaph.

Psalm 69:31

KJV

This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

The Waters Are up to My Neck

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Jeremiah 7:22

KJV GOD

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:

Judah’s Idolatry Persists

Hosea 14:2

KJV

Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

A Call to Repentance

Micah 6:6

KJV

¶ Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?