1 Samuel 15:22

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1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said,“Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
As in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Mark 12:33

and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to [unselfishly] love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Jeremiah 7:22-23

For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

Micah 6:6-8

With what shall I come before the Lord [to honor Him]
And bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

Matthew 12:7

And if you had only known what this statement means, ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Psalm 40:6-8

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

Psalm 50:8-9

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Psalm 51:16-17

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps and focus on what you are doing as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the [careless or irreverent] sacrifice of fools; for they are too ignorant to know they are doing evil.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call [to repentance] the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to change], but sinners [those who recognize their sin and actively seek forgiveness].”

Isaiah 1:11-17

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me [without your repentance]?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of [your] burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of well-fed cattle [without your obedience];
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls or lambs or goats [offered without repentance].

Jeremiah 11:7

For I solemnly warned your fathers at the time that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning them persistently, saying, “Obey My voice.”

Jeremiah 26:13

Therefore, now change your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will relent and reverse His decision concerning the misfortune which He has pronounced against you.

Amos 5:21-24

“I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts,
And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

Hebrews 10:4-10

for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your fathers at the time that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Listen to My voice and do according to all that I command you. So you shall be My people, and I will be your God,’

Matthew 5:24

leave your offering there at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come and present your offering.

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Summary

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

Hath the lord

Obey

General references

Bible References

Hath the lord

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.

To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].

For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

“I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts,
And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.

With what shall I come before the Lord [to honor Him]
And bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

And if you had only known what this statement means, ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress],

and not

[animal] sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Obey

But this thing I did command them: ‘Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, so that it may be well with you.’

For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

leave your offering there at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come and present your offering.

General references

And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it.”

Thus the sons of Israel did these things; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so they did.

Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.” And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.

To execute vengeance on the nations
And punishment on the peoples,

To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].

I gave you a king in My anger,
And I took him away in My wrath [as punishment].