Cross references

Amos 5:21

“I hate, I despise your feasts!

I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:21 BSB

Amos 5:21 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 1:11–16 (13 votes) and Proverbs 28:9 (12 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 8 to Hebrews 10.

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Which verses does Amos 5:21 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? …

  2. Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

  3. I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

  4. Isaiah 66:310 votes

    Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

  5. What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

  6. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  7. Hosea 8:136 votes

    Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

  8. When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

  9. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

  10. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Which verses point to Amos 5:21?

The 10 strongest of 31.