1Sa 15:22, Isa 1:15-16 | 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.

Isaiah 1:15-16

15 When you ^cspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^deven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^eyour hands are full of blood.
16 ^fWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^gcease to do evil,