1Sa 15:22, Psa 50:8-9, 51:16, Isa 1:11-12, Mic 6:6-8, Mat 9:13, 12:7 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel said , Has 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 listen than the fat of rams .

1 Samuel 15:22

22 And Samuel said,

^a“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, ^bto obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.

Psalms 50:8-9

8 Not for your sacrifices ^cdo I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.

Psalms 51:16

16 ^dFor you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

Isaiah 1:11-12

11 ^e“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to ^fappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?

Micah 6:6-8

What Does the Lord Require?

6 ^g“With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before ^hGod on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 ⁱWill the Lord be pleased with ^{▼▼Or Will the Lord accept} thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
^kShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and ^lwhat does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, ^{▼▼Or steadfast love}
and to ⁿwalk humbly with your God?

Matthew 9:13

13 Go and learn ^owhat this means: ^p‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^qI came not to call the righteous, ^rbut sinners.”

Matthew 12:7

7 And if you had known ^swhat this means, ^t‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.