Thematic Bible: What is better than sacrifice

And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in hearing the voice of the LORD? Behold, to hear is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfAcceptance, divineFatnessevil, believers' responses toAcceptance, Of WorshipDelight, God ExpressingBurnt offeringNominal ReligionOrthodoxy, In OtPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRamsSin, God's Remedy ForWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Hindrances ToOfferings, FigurativePriorityObedience To GodFat Of The SacrificesNot Pleasing GodPay Attention To God!Right SacrificesBlessings Of ObedienceObedienceSacrificesSacrificeObeying Godobeying

To do righteousness and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodAcceptance, divineethics, socialethics, incentives towardsAcceptance, Of WorshipJustice, In Believers' LivesLaw, Letter And Spirit OfOrthodoxy, In OtSin, God's Remedy ForOfferings, FigurativeA Righteous PeopleRight SacrificesSacrificesInjusticeSacrificeDoing The Right ThingExerciseMoralityfairness

And one of the scribes came, having heard their dispute and knowing that he had given a good response unto them, asked him, Which is the principal commandment of all? And Jesus responded unto him, The principal of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy thought and with all thy strength: this is the principal commandment. read more.
And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. Then the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth, that God is one, and there is none other outside of him; 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 the burnt offerings and sacrifices.