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Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in the LORD.
3But know that the LORD has set apart for himself him who is godly; The LORD will hear when I call to him.
4Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in the LORD.
6Many say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.
7You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
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“Sacrifices of righteousness” joins worship to what is right, while the next command directs your trust toward YHWH who receives the offering.
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Psalm 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.Both passages join trust in the LORD with doing what is right, linking dependence on God with conduct.
Hebrews 13:15–16Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.Both passages speak of offering sacrifice to God; Hebrews names praise that proclaims allegiance to his name.
Psalm 51:19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.Both use the phrase “sacrifices of righteousness,” with Psalm 51 describing God's delight in those offerings.
Deuteronomy 33:19They will call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden …Both speak of offering “sacrifices of righteousness,” while Deuteronomy locates those offerings on the mountain.
1 Peter 4:19Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.Both connect doing what is right with entrusting oneself to God; Peter addresses those who suffer.
Psalm 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.Both command trust in God, with Psalm 62 adding the act of pouring out the heart before him.
Isaiah 1:11–18“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t …Both concern sacrifices offered to the LORD; the psalm specifies righteousness, while Isaiah records God's rejection of abundant offerings.
Psalm 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.Both command an offering to God, naming righteousness in Psalm 4 and thanksgiving in Psalm 50.
Matthew 5:23“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,Both concern an act of offering; Matthew describes a gift at the altar and the remembrance of a brother's grievance.
Malachi 1:8When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be …Both address the rightness of sacrifices offered to God; Malachi names blind, lame, and sick offerings as evil.
Isaiah 61:8“For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.The shared thread is concern for what is right: righteousness in the psalm and God's love of justice in Isaiah.
Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in the LORD’s name, and rely on his …Both direct trust toward the LORD; Isaiah speaks to the person who fears him yet walks without light.
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Even when others ask who will show them any good, these commands remain: offer sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in YHWH.
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