1 Samuel 15:11

11 a“I regret
See also verses 29, 35
that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and chas not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.

1 Samuel 15:22

22And Samuel said,

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

1 Samuel 15:28

28And Samuel said to him, f“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

Psalms 50:8-15

8Not for your sacrifices gdo I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.
10For every beast of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 hI know all the birds of the hills,
and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
ifor the world and its fullness are mine.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 jOffer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

and lperform your vows to the Most High,
15and mcall upon me in the day of trouble;
I will ndeliver you, and you shall oglorify me.”
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