The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Leviticus 7:18
If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--how much more so when brought with ill intent!

Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Isaiah 1:11
"What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?" says the LORD. "I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

Jeremiah 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me."

Micah 6:7
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?

Haggai 2:14
Then Haggai replied, "So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.