Micah 6:7
Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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Leviticus 18:21And thou shalt not give of thy seed to serve a ruler; and thou shalt not profane my holy name; I am the Lord.
Judges 11:39And it came to pass at the end of the two months that she returned to her father; and he performed upon her his vow which he vowed; and she knew no man:
2 Kings 3:27And he took his eldest son whom he had designed to reign in his stead, and offered him up for a whole-burnt-offering on the walls. And there was a great + 3:27 Gr. repentance.indignation against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their land.
2 Kings 21:6And he caused his sons to pass through the fire, and used divination and auspices, and made + 21:6 Lit. peculiar places cut off.groves, and multiplied + 21:6 Alex. θελητὴν.wizards, so as to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
Job 29:6when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk.
Psalms 50:9Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
Matthew Henry on Micah 6:7-9
Anxiety Respecting the Divine Favour. ( b. c. 710.) 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… Read the whole commentary →