Micah 6:7
"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?"
Read Micah 6 in context →Linked passages (10 shown)
Up to ten source links are retained per verse. Their order follows source votes, not a judgment about meaning. How the links were collected
- 2 Kings 16:3
"But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 15:22
"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."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 51:16
"For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 6:6
"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 50:9
"I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 7:31
"And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 21:6
"And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 3:27
"Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 23:10
"And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech."
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 18:21
"And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD."
Read in chapter →
Keep your study moving
What would you like to do next?
Read the chapter, compare a link, and keep a short note about what you observe. Your saved and recent passages stay only in this browser.