Dan 4:27, Amo 5:21, Mic 6:6, Mat 5:7, 9:13, 12:7 | ESV | STEP | Therefore , O king , let my counsel be acceptable to you : break off your sins by practicing righteousness , and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed , that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity .

Daniel 4:27

27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by ^apracticing righteousness, ^band your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, ^cthat there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

Amos 5:21

21 ^d“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Micah 6:6

What Does the Lord Require?

6 ^e“With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before ^fGod on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?

Matthew 5:7

7 “Blessed are ^gthe merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Matthew 9:13

13 Go and learn ^hwhat this means: ⁱ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^jI came not to call the righteous, ^kbut sinners.”

Matthew 12:7

7 And if you had known ^lwhat this means, ^m‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.