Quotes about Sacrifice
Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
— Amos 4:5
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
— Amos 5:21
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.
— Amos 5:22
“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
— Jonah 1:12
At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
— Jonah 1:15
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
— Jonah 1:16
But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
— Jonah 2:9
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
— Micah 6:6
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
— Micah 6:7
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
— Habakkuk 1:16
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
— Zephaniah 1:7
“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.
— Zephaniah 1:8