1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel Announces The Downfall Of Saul

²¹ The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was set apart for destruction—to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.” ²² Then Samuel said:

Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?

Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,
to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
²³ For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has rejected you as 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 desire loyalty and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Mark 12:33

And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Jeremiah 7:22-23

for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.

Micah 6:6-8

What should I bring before the Lord
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?

Matthew 12:7

If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

Psalm 40:6-8

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

Psalm 50:8-9

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.

Psalm 51:16-17

You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is righteous and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Isaiah 1:11-17

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

Jeremiah 11:7

For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again, ‘Obey My voice.’

Jeremiah 26:13

So now, correct your ways and deeds and obey the voice of the Lord your God so that He might relent concerning the disaster that He warned about.

Amos 5:21-24

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been 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 if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although all the earth is Mine,

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace.’ I declared: ‘Obey Me, and do everything that I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God,’

Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.