1Sa 15:22, Psa 50:9-13, 51:16-19, Hos 6:6 | 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 50:9-13

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 ^cI 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,
^dfor the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?

Psalms 51:16-19

16 ^eFor you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are ^fa broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 ^gDo good to Zion in your good pleasure;
^hbuild up the walls of Jerusalem;
19 then will you delight in ⁱright sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and ^jwhole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Hosea 6:6

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