Jeremiah 7:22
For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said,
As in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.
Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.
Psalm 50:8-17
“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
Psalm 51:16-17
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Matthew 9:13
Mark 12:33
and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to [unselfishly] love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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As in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.
Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.
“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
General references
“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].