Cross references
Psalm 51:16
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Psalm 51:16 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 6:6 (20 votes) and Psalm 40:6 (17 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 21 to Hebrews 10.
Which verses does Psalm 51:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hosea 6:620 votes
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- Psalm 40:617 votes
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Hebrews 10:5–615 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.
- 1 Samuel 15:2213 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.
- Psalm 51:69 votes
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- Proverbs 21:278 votes
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Isaiah 1:11–158 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. When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? …
- Proverbs 15:87 votes
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Jeremiah 7:22–237 votes
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
- Amos 5:21–237 votes
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. 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. …
- Psalm 50:85 votes
- Exodus 21:144 votes
- Numbers 15:30–314 votes
- Numbers 15:273 votes
- Numbers 35:313 votes
- Deuteronomy 22:223 votes
- Jeremiah 7:273 votes
Which verses point to Psalm 51:16?
The 10 strongest of 19.