Micah 6:7
Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my firstborn 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 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 groves, and multiplied 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, 1 And the mountains flowed for me with milk. 1
Psalms 50:9Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: 1 Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 1
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 →