Deu 5:28-29, 1Sa 15:21-25, Pro 15:8, Isa 1:11-15, 29:13, 48:1-2 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord heard your words , when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, I have heard the words of this people , which they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken .

u[See ver. 13 above]

v 1 Kgs. 8:22

w Prov. 1:28; Mic. 3:4

x ch. 59:3

yCited Matt. 15:8, 9; Mark 7:6, 7; [Ezek. 33:31]

z[ch. 1:12; 58:2]

Deuteronomy 5:28-29

28 “And the Lord heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. ^aThey are right in all that they have spoken. 29 ^bOh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, ^cthat it might go well with them and with their descendants ^{▼▼Or sons} forever!

1 Samuel 15:21-25

21 ^eBut the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” 22 And Samuel said,

^f“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, ^gto obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and ^hidolatry.
Because ⁱyou have rejected the word of the Lord,
^jhe has also rejected you from being king.”
24 Saul said to Samuel, ^k“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin and ^lreturn with me that I may bow before the Lord.”

Proverbs 15:8

8 ^mThe sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but ⁿthe prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Isaiah 1:11-15

11 ^o“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 ^pappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
^qNew moon and Sabbath and the ^rcalling of convocations—
I cannot endure ^siniquity and ^tsolemn assembly.
14 Your ^unew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you ^vspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^weven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^xyour hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 29:13

13 And the Lord said:
“Because ^ythis people ^zdraw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Isaiah 48:1-2

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
^aawho are called by the name of Israel,
and ^abwho came from the waters of Judah,
^acwho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.
2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
^adand stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.