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Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,

but my ears You have opened.

Burnt offerings and sin offerings

You did not require.

Psalm 40:6 BSB
  1. a Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts but a body You prepared for me

Psalm 40:6 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 10:5–12 (27 votes) and Isaiah 1:11 (26 votes). 33 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 19 to Hebrews 10.

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Which verses does Psalm 40:6 point to?

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

  1. Hebrews 10:5–1227 votes

    Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. …

  2. Isaiah 1:1126 votes

    “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.

  3. 1 Samuel 15:2223 votes

    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

  4. Psalm 51:1618 votes

    For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

  5. Hosea 6:613 votes

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  6. Matthew 9:1310 votes

    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  7. Matthew 12:79 votes

    If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

  8. Amos 5:228 votes

    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.

  9. Jeremiah 7:21–237 votes

    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, …

  10. Job 33:166 votes

    He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

  11. Isaiah 66:36 votes
  12. Psalm 50:85 votes
  13. Isaiah 50:4–55 votes
  14. Exodus 21:63 votes

Which verses point to Psalm 40:6?

The 10 strongest of 33.