1Sa 15:22, Psa 50:8-15, 23, Pro 21:3, Isa 1:11-17, 58:5-7, Jer 7:21-23 | 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 .

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 50:8-15

8 Not for your sacrifices ^cdo I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 ^dI know all the birds of the hills,
and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
^efor the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 ^fOffer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, ^{▼▼Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God}
and ^hperform your vows to the Most High,
15 and ⁱcall upon me in the day of trouble;
I will ^jdeliver you, and you shall ^kglorify me.”

Psalms 50:23

23 The one who ^loffers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who ^morders his way rightly
I will show the ⁿsalvation of God!”

Proverbs 21:3

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

Isaiah 1:11-17

11 ^p“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.
12 “When you come to ^qappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
^rNew moon and Sabbath and the ^scalling of convocations—
I cannot endure ^tiniquity and ^usolemn assembly.
14 Your ^vnew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you ^wspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^xeven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^yyour hands are full of blood.
16 ^zWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^aacease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
^abseek justice,
correct oppression;
^acbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

Isaiah 58:5-7

5 ^adIs such the fast that I choose,
^aea day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
^afto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps ^agof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ^{▼▼Or bruised} go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not ^aito share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
^ajand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Jeremiah 7:21-23

21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^ak“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. 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 ^alconcerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this command I gave them: ^am‘Obey my voice, and ^anI will be your God, and you shall be my people. ^aoAnd walk in all the way that I command you, ^apthat it may be well with you.’