1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
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Cross references
- Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- Psalm 51:16–17 For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
- Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.