1 Samuel 15:22

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Summary

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,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

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

To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.

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

For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

“I hate, I reject your festivals,
Nor do I

delight in your solemn assemblies.

With what shall I come to the Lord

And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

But go and learn

what this means: ‘I desire

compassion

, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire

compassion, and not a sacrifice

,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

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

Obey

Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’

which I commanded your forefathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Listen to My voice, and do according to all which I command you; so you shall be My people, and I will be your God,’

Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you.

For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

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

General references

The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”

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

Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you.” And as soon as he had departed from 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 desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.

I gave you a king in My anger
And took him away in My wrath.