1Sa 15:22, Psa 50:8, Pro 21:3, Ecc 5:1, Isa 1:11, 58:6, Jer 7:22 | 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.

Psalms 50:8

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

Proverbs 21:3

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

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Fear God

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:17 in Hebrew} ^fGuard your steps when you go to ^gthe house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to ^hoffer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Isaiah 1:11

11 ⁱ“What 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.

Isaiah 58:6

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
^jto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps ^kof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ^{▼▼Or bruised} go free,
and to break every yoke?

Jeremiah 7:22

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 ^mconcerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.