1Sa 15:22, Pro 21:3, Jer 22:15-16, Hos 6:6, Mat 9:13, 12:7, 22:37-40 | 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 .

g[See ver. 15 above]

h[Judg. 2:10]

iCited Matt. 9:13; 12:7; [1 Sam. 15:22]

k[ch. 2:20]

l ch. 12:7

mCited from Hos. 6:6; [ch. 23:23; Mark 12:33]

n[Luke 15:7; John 9:39]

o 1 Tim. 1:15

p ch. 9:13

qCited from Hos. 6:6; [Mic. 6:6-8]

r Luke 10:27; Cited from Deut. 6:5

s[1 John 4:21]

tCited from Lev. 19:18; See ch. 19:19

u[Rom. 13:8, 10]

v ch. 7:12; [Gal. 5:14]

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.

Proverbs 21:3

3 ^cTo do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Jeremiah 22:15-16

15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^ddo justice and righteousness?
^eThen it was well with him.
16 ^fHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^gthen it was well.
Is not this ^hto know me?
declares the Lord.

Hosea 6:6

6 For ⁱI desire steadfast love ^{▼▼Septuagint mercy} and not sacrifice,
^kthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Matthew 9:13

13 Go and learn ^lwhat this means: ^m‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ⁿI came not to call the righteous, ^obut sinners.”

Matthew 12:7

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

Matthew 22:37-40

37 And he said to him, ^r“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And ^sa second is like it: ^tYou shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 ^uOn these two commandments depend ^vall the Law and the Prophets.”