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.
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Bible References
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1 Samuel 15:22
Then Samuel said, "Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.
Psalm 50:8
I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:11
"Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?" says the Lord. "I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.
Isaiah 58:5
Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord?
Jeremiah 7:21
The Lord said to the people of Judah, "The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: 'You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!
Hosea 6:6
For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
Amos 5:21
"I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!
Micah 6:6
With what should I enter the Lord's presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 12:7
If you had known what this means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
General references
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Matthew 22:36
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
1 John 4:21
And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.