1 Samuel 15:22

22And 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

8Not for your sacrifices cdo I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.

Proverbs 15:8

8 dThe sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but ethe prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Isaiah 1:11-17

11 fWhat 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 gappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
hNew moon and Sabbath and the icalling of convocations
I cannot endure jiniquity and ksolemn assembly.
14Your lnew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15When you mspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
neven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
oyour hands are full of blood.
16 pWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
qcease to do evil,
17learn to do good;
rseek justice,
correct oppression;
sbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

Jeremiah 7:21-23

21Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: tAdd your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. 22For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them uconcerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23But this command I gave them: vObey my voice, and wI will be your God, and you shall be my people. xAnd walk in all the way that I command you, ythat it may be well with you.’

Hosea 6:6

6For zI desire steadfast love
Septuagint mercy
and not sacrifice,
abthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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