Amos 5:22
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Cross-reference
Amos 4:5 mocks their love for ritual — directly parallel to God's rejection of their fellowship offerings here.
Amos 4:4 sarcastically calls Israel to keep sinning with their sacrifices — the same critique echoed in this passage.
Micah 6:7 intensifies the question — even extreme sacrifices are worthless without a right heart — matching Amos's condemnation.
Psalm 50:8-13 emphasizes God’s lack of need for sacrifices — a parallel rejection of ritual without devotion.
Psalm 50:14 calls for thanksgiving offerings — the kind of sacrifice God desires, contrasting with the empty ones rejected here.
In Psalm 50:23, God accepts thank offerings from the blameless, contrasting with the rejected offerings here due to Israel's unrighteousness.
Psalm 107:22 encourages thank offerings with joy, directly contrasting with the rejected offerings here due to Israel's disobedience.
In Psalm 116:17, the psalmist offers a thank offering in gratitude, contrasting with God's rejection of Israel's offerings here because of their hypocrisy.
Micah 6:6 asks whether burnt offerings are enough — the same question behind God's rejection of offerings here.
Isaiah 66:3 likens sacrifices to murder when offered by the wicked — echoing God's rejection here.
Leviticus 3:1 defines the fellowship offering being brought here — God rejects even these prescribed sacrifices because of Israel's unrighteousness.
Hebrews 10:5 quotes Psalm 40, showing God desired obedience and a body for Christ, contrasting with rejected animal sacrifices.
Hebrews 10:4 explains that animal sacrifices cannot remove sins, reinforcing why God rejects them in Amos.
Hosea 9:4 states their sacrifices will not please him—strongly parallels the rejection of offerings in Amos.
Hosea 8:13 mirrors: sacrifices offered but not pleasing, and God remembers sin—identical condemnation of hypocritical worship.
Jeremiah 6:20 directly echoes: burnt offerings not acceptable, sacrifices do not please—same divine rejection of empty ritual.
Proverbs 21:27 adds that sacrifices with evil intent are especially detestable, deepening the condemnation of hypocritical worship.
In Proverbs 15:8, the same principle: God detests sacrifices of the wicked, reinforcing that ritual without righteousness is rejected.
Genesis 8:21 records God's acceptance of Noah's sacrifice as a pleasing aroma, contrasting with the rejected offerings here due to Israel's sin.
Leviticus 7:12-15 gives the prescribed ritual for fellowship offerings — the very offerings God rejects here due to Israel's sin.
Isaiah 43:23 says they did not bring offerings, while Amos says they brought but rejected—different situations but both show God displeased with their worship.
Leviticus 7:18 shows a ritual case where offerings are not accepted; here God rejects offerings for ethical reasons — parallel rejection on different grounds.