1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel Announces The Downfall Of Saul

²¹ But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.” ²² Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
²³ “For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king.”

Burnt Offering

Burnt Offerings

Burnt Sacrifice

Delight in Burnt Offerings

Give Ear

Sing to the Lord

To Obey is Better Than Sacrifice

To the Lord

Voice of the Lord

Give Heed

Pay Attention

Pleasing To The Lord

Take Pleasure In

Jehovah

Samuel

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Mark 12:33

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Jeremiah 7:22-23

For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Micah 6:6-8

With what shall I come to the Lord
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

Matthew 12:7

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion, and not a sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Psalm 40:6-8

Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

Psalm 50:8-9

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Psalm 51:16-17

For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Isaiah 1:11-17

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.

Jeremiah 11:7

For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning persistently, saying, “Listen to My voice.”

Jeremiah 26:13

Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you.

Amos 5:21-24

“I hate, I reject your festivals,
Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Hebrews 10:4-10

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Exodus 19:5

Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your forefathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Listen to My voice, and do according to all which I command you; so you shall be My people, and I will be your God,’

Matthew 5:24

leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.