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
Samuel said: What is more pleasing to Jehovah, burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obeying is better than sacrifice. To pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
Psalm 50:8
I do not reprove you for your sacrifices or burnt offerings, which are constantly (always) in front of me.
Proverbs 21:3
To practice righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:11
Jehovah says: What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me? I have had enough of your burnt offerings of rams and enough fat from your fattened calves. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
Isaiah 58:5
Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed (rush) and for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Jeremiah 7:21
Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.
Hosea 6:6
I desire loving-kindness (mercy), not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise (reject) your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Micah 6:6
With what shall I come before Jehovah? Shall I bow down before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with year old calves?
Matthew 9:13
You should learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I came, not 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 guiltless.
1 Corinthians 13:1
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and do not have love, I have become like loud sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal.
General references
Proverbs 21:3
To practice righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Matthew 22:36
Teacher what is the greatest commandment in the law?
1 John 4:21
We have this commandment from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.