1 Samuel 15:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

Hosea 6:6

For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God  rather than burnt offerings.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the  Lord than sacrifice.

Mark 12:33

And to love  him with all your heart, with all your understanding,  and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.’

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.’

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do,  for they ignorantly do wrong.

Matthew 12:7

If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice,   , you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 23:23

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of   mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law #– #justice,   mercy, and faithfulness.   These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

Jeremiah 26:13

So now, correct your ways and deeds,  and obey the Lord your God so that he might relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against you.

Exodus 19:5

Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant,  you will be my own possession  out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,

Jeremiah 11:7

For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again,  , “Obey me.”

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt,  out of the iron furnace.’  I declared, ‘Obey me, and do everything that I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God,’

Genesis 4:4

And Abel also presented an offering #– #some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions.  The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,

1 Samuel 13:13

Samuel said to Saul, ‘You have been foolish.  You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you.  It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,

1 Samuel 13:12

I thought, “The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven’t sought the Lord’s favour.” So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.’

Hosea 8:13

Though they offer sacrificial gifts  , and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.