Proverbs 16:7
King James Version
7 When a man's ways please the Lord,
he maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him.
What makes GOD pleased with us?
What delights the LORD?
Is it sacrifice?
Or burnt offerings?
Find out here.
In answer, SPIRIT led me to these verses:
1 Samuel 15:22-23
King James Version
22 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.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord,
he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Psalm 40:4-8
King James Version
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust,
and respecteth not the proud,
nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O Lord my God,
are thy wonderful works which thou hast done,
and thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:
if I would declare and speak of them,
they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;
mine ears hast thou opened:
burnt offering and sin offering
hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come:
in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God:
yea, thy law is within my heart.
Psalm 51:16-17
King James Version
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice;
else would I give it:
thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 51:18-19
King James Version
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:
build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased
with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering:
then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Isaiah 1:11-20
King James Version
11 To what purpose is the multitude
of your sacrifices unto me?
saith the Lord:
I am full of the burnt offerings of rams,
and the fat of fed beasts;
and I delight not in the blood of bullocks,
or of lambs, or of he goats.
12 When ye come to appear before me,
who hath required this at your hand,
to tread my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations;
incense is an abomination unto me;
the new moons and sabbaths,
the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with;
it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me;
I am weary to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands,
I will hide mine eyes from you:
yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear:
your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean;
put away the evil of your doings
from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well;
seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason together,
saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient,
ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel,
ye shall be devoured with the sword:
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Isaiah 66:1-5
King James Version
66 Thus saith the Lord,
The heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool:
where is the house that ye build unto me?
and where is the place of my rest?
2 For all those things hath mine hand made,
and all those things have been,
saith the Lord:
but to this man will I look,
even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit,
and trembleth at my word.
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man;
he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck;
he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood;
he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Yea, they have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their delusions,
and will bring their fears upon them;
because when I called, none did answer;
when I spake, they did not hear:
but they did evil before mine eyes,
and chose that in which I delighted not.
5 Hear the word of the Lord,
ye that tremble at his word;
Your brethren that hated you,
that cast you out for my name's sake, said,
Let the Lord be glorified:
but he shall appear to your joy,
and they shall be ashamed.
Jeremiah 7:21-23
King James Version
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel;
Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices,
and eat flesh.
22 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:
23 But this thing commanded I them,
saying,
Obey my voice,
and I will be your God,
and ye shall be my people:
and walk ye in all the ways
that I have commanded you,
that it may be well unto you.
Hosea 6:6
King James Version
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God
more than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:6-8
King James Version
6 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?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the Lord require of thee,
but to do justly,
and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God?
Matthew 9:9-13
King James Version
9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence,
he saw a man, named Matthew,
sitting at the receipt of custom:
and he saith unto him,
Follow me.
And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass,
as Jesus sat at meat in the house,
behold, many publicans and sinners came
and sat down with him and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it,
they said unto his disciples,
Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that,
he said unto them,
They that be whole need not a physician,
but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth,
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice:
for I am not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 12:1-8
King James Version
12 At that time
Jesus went on the sabbath day
through the corn;
and his disciples were an hungred,
and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him,
Behold, thy disciples do that
which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them,
Have ye not read what David did,
when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God,
and did eat the shewbread,
which was not lawful for him to eat,
neither for them which were with him,
but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law,
how that on the sabbath days
the priests in the temple profane the sabbath,
and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you,
That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth,
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice,
ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord
even of the sabbath day.
1 Corinthians 10:18-21
King James Version
18 Behold Israel after the flesh:
are not they which eat of the sacrifices
partakers of the altar?
19 What say I then?
that the idol is any thing,
or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols
is any thing?
20 But I say,
that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,
they sacrifice to devils, and not to God:
and I would not that ye should have fellowship
with devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord,
and the cup of devils:
ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table,
and of the table of devils.
1 Corinthians 10:31
King James Version
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,
or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.
Hebrews 10:4-6
King James Version
4 For it is not possible
that the blood of bulls and of goats
should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world,
he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not,
but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
thou hast had no pleasure.
Hebrews 10:8-10
King James Version
8 Above when he said,
Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings
and offering for sin thou wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure therein;
which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he,
Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.
He taketh away the first,
that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all.
Hebrews 10:24-27
King James Version
24 And let us consider one another
to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,
as the manner of some is;
but exhorting one another:
and so much the more,
as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully
after that we have received
the knowledge of the truth,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment
and fiery indignation,
which shall devour the adversaries.
Hebrews 10:36-38
King James Version
36 For ye have need of patience,
that, after ye have done the will of God,
ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while,
and he that shall come will come,
and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith:
but if any man draw back,
my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
In SUMMARY, these things "PLEASE GOD":
obeying the voice of the Lord
to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust,
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings
from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word
Let the Lord be glorified:
Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice,
I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
I come to do thy will, O God.
let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise
the just shall live by faith:
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