1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Does Jehovah delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice! To listen is better 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 the neighbor as himself, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Jeremiah 7:22-23

For I did not speak to 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 come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

Matthew 12:7

But if you had known what this is, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.

Psalm 40:6-8

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.

Psalm 50:8-9

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; yea, your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Psalm 51:16-17

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

Proverbs 21:3

To do justice and judgment is more pleasing to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they do not know that they are doing evil.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Isaiah 1:11-17

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? says Jehovah; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

Jeremiah 11:7

For I earnestly testified to your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and testifying, saying, Obey My voice.

Jeremiah 26:13

So now make your ways and your doings good, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God. And Jehovah will repent of the evil that He has spoken against you.

Amos 5:21-24

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies.

Matthew 23:23

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and you have left undone the weightier matters of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith. You ought to have done these and not to leave the other undone.

Hebrews 10:4-10

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Exodus 19:5

And now if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all the nations; for all the earth is Mine.

Jeremiah 11:4

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

Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your 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 you for your sacrifices; yea, your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
Psalm 51:16
For You do not desire sacrifice; or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more pleasing to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? says Jehovah; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Jeremiah 7:22
For I did not speak to 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 feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies.
Micah 6:6
With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 12:7
But if you had known what this is, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.
Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and you have left undone the weightier matters of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith. You ought to have done these and not to leave the other undone.
Hebrews 10:4
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Obey

Exodus 19:5
And now if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all the nations; for all the earth is Mine.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they do not know that they are doing evil.
Jeremiah 7:23
But I commanded them this thing, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.
Jeremiah 11:4
which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey My voice and do them according to all that I command you; so you shall be My people, and I will be your God;
Jeremiah 26:13
So now make your ways and your doings good, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God. And Jehovah will repent of the evil that He has spoken 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 your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your 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 the neighbor as himself, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.

General references

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom You gave 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 Jehovah commanded Moses. So they did.
1 Kings 20:36
And he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion shall kill you. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.
Psalm 149:7
to carry out vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more pleasing to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Hosea 13:11
I gave you a king in My anger, and took him away in My wrath.