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.
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Proverbs 21:3 · 8 connections
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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? …
End of linked passage: Micah 6:8And 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 whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. …
End of linked passage: Isaiah 1:17Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. …
End of linked passage: Jeremiah 7:23I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
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