1Sa 15:22, Jer 7:22-23, Mat 5:19, Joh 15:14, 1Jo 2:3-4, 3:22-24 | 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.

Jeremiah 7:22-23

22 For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them ^cconcerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this command I gave them: ^d‘Obey my voice, and ^eI will be your God, and you shall be my people. ^fAnd walk in all the way that I command you, ^gthat it may be well with you.’

Matthew 5:19

19 ^hTherefore whoever relaxes ⁱone of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least ^jin the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great ^kin the kingdom of heaven.

John 15:14

14 You are ^lmy friends ^mif you do what I command you.

1 John 2:3-4

3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we ⁿkeep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments ^ois a liar, and ^pthe truth is not in him,

1 John 3:22-24

22 and ^qwhatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^rdo what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, ^sthat we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^tlove one another, ^ujust as he has commanded us. 24 ^vWhoever keeps his commandments abides in God, ^{▼▼Greek him} and God ^{▼▼Greek he} in him. And ^yby this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.