Micah 6:7 (WEB)
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Fathers and councils · 4
John Chrysostom
“…the stress on their sacrifices; which thing He is also earnestly intimating unto them, when He sets down in brief what had been affirmed by all the prophets,saying, “Learn ye what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.”” — editor's note: See Hosea vi. 6; Ps. l. 8–15; Prov. xxi. 3; Isa. i. 11–15; Micah vi. 6, 7, 8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Hath He showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”” — editor's note: Micah vi. 6–8.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Utrum vero quicunque etiam a peccato ad fidem convertitur, a peccandi consuetudine tanquam a “matre” converti dicatur ad “vitam,” feret mihi testimonium unus ex duodecim prophetis, qui dixit: “Si dedero primogenita pro impietate fructum yeniris mei, pro peccatis animæ meæ.”” — editor's note: Mic. vi. 7.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The voice of the Lord shall be invoked in the city, and He will save those who fear His name.”” — editor's note: Mic. vi. 6–9.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in The City of God X.4.
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Cited together in The City of God X.4.
Cited together in The City of God X.4.
Cited together in The City of God X.4.
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Cited together in The City of God X.4.
Cited together in The City of God X.4.
