Amos 5:23

Amos 5:23
Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.

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1 Chronicles 23:5
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.

Ezekiel 26:13
I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.

Amos 6:6
Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.

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Psalms 40:7
Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

Psalms 40:8
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

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Psalms 50:8
I will not take up a cause against you because of your offerings, or because of your burned offerings, which are ever before me.

Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

Proverbs 21:3
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Proverbs 21:27
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

Proverbs 28:9
As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.

Isaiah 1:16
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Isaiah 66:3
He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

Jeremiah 7:9
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

Jeremiah 7:10
And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?

Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:24
But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

Malachi 1:13
And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.

Matthew 9:13
But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Matthew 12:7
But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

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Isaiah 43:23
You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

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Isaiah 43:24
You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

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Amos 6:7
So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.

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1 Corinthians 14:15
What then? let my prayer be from the spirit, and equally from the mind; let my song be from the spirit, and equally from mind.

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