Quotes about Sacrifice
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
- Hosea 11:2
Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Hosea 12:11
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
- Hosea 13:2
Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Amos 4:5
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Amos 5:21
Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
- Amos 5:22
“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
- Jonah 1:12
At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
- Jonah 1:15
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
- Jonah 1:16
But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
- Jonah 2:9
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
- Micah 6:6
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- Micah 6:7