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.
Hath the lord
Obey
Bible References
Hath the lord
Matthew 9:13
go then and learn the meaning of that expression, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call saints, but sinners.
Matthew 12:7
if ye had known the meaning of that expression, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice," ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew 23:23
wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who pay tithe of mint, anise, and cummin, but neglect those more important matters of the law, justice, mercy, and fidelity: these were the things ye ought to have practis'd, without neglecting however the other matters.
Hebrews 10:4
And indeed it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats, should take away the guilt of sin.
Obey
Matthew 5:24
leave your gift before the altar, go, and first of all reconcile yourself to your brother; then come to offer your gift.
Mark 12:33
and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, with all its faculties, and to love one's neighbour as one's self is more acceptable than all the offerings and sacrifices in the world.