Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Bible References

Is more

1 Samuel 15:22
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.
Psalm 50:8
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.
Proverbs 21:3
Doing what is righteous and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:11
“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.
Isaiah 58:5
Will the fast I choose be like this:
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Jeremiah 7:21
This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,
Hosea 6:6
For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.
Micah 6:6
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 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.”
Matthew 12:7
If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.
1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak human or angelic languages
but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

General references

Proverbs 21:3
Doing what is righteous and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Matthew 22:36
“Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”
1 John 4:21
And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.

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