1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in hearing the voice of the LORD? Behold, to hear is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Mark 12:33

and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the soul and with all the strength and to love his neighbour as himself is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Jeremiah 7:22-23

For I did not speak unto your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

Micah 6:6-8

With what shall I present myself before the LORD, and how shall I worship the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

Matthew 12:7

But if ye knew what this means, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not condemn the innocent.

Psalm 40:6-8

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened; burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.

Psalm 50:8-9

I will not reprove thee regarding thy sacrifices; thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

Psalm 51:16-17

For thou dost not desire sacrifice or else would I give it; thou dost not delight in burnt offering.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Watch thy feet when thou goest to the house of God and draw near with more willingness to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know how to do what God wants.

Matthew 9:13

Therefore go ye and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Isaiah 1:11-17

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.

Jeremiah 11:7

For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Hear my voice.

Jeremiah 26:13

Therefore now amend your ways and your doings and hear the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD himself will repent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

Amos 5:21-24

I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.

Matthew 23:23

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Hebrews 10:4-10

For the blood of bulls and of goats cannot take away sins.

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will give ear to hearken unto my voice and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a special treasure unto me above all peoples; for all the earth is mine.

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your fathers the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying unto them, hear my voice and comply with my words according to all which I command you; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God

Matthew 5:24

leave thy gift there before the altar, and go; first restore friendship with thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Bible References

Hath the lord

Psalm 50:8
I will not reprove thee regarding thy sacrifices; thy burnt offerings are continually before me.
Psalm 51:16
For thou dost not desire sacrifice or else would I give it; thou dost not delight in burnt offering.
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.
Jeremiah 7:22
For I did not speak unto your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.
Micah 6:6
With what shall I present myself before the LORD, and how shall I worship the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Matthew 9:13
Therefore go ye and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 12:7
But if ye knew what this means, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not condemn the innocent.
Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Hebrews 10:4
For the blood of bulls and of goats cannot take away sins.

Obey

Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will give ear to hearken unto my voice and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a special treasure unto me above all peoples; for all the earth is mine.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Watch thy feet when thou goest to the house of God and draw near with more willingness to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know how to do what God wants.
Jeremiah 7:23
But this thing I commanded them, saying, Hear my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you that it may be well unto you.
Jeremiah 11:4
which I commanded your fathers the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying unto them, hear my voice and comply with my words according to all which I command you; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God
Jeremiah 26:13
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings and hear the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD himself will repent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Matthew 5:24
leave thy gift there before the altar, and go; first restore friendship with thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Mark 12:33
and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the soul and with all the strength and to love his neighbour as himself is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.

General references

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Numbers 1:54
And the sons of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
1 Kings 20:36
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall smite thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him and smote him.
Psalm 149:7
to execute vengeance upon the Gentiles and punishments upon the peoples,
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Hosea 13:11
I gave thee a king in my anger and took him away in my wrath.