1 Samuel 15:22

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.”

— WEB

“And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams.”

— KJV

“And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Hosea 6:6 "For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Psalms 51:16-17 "For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering."
Proverbs 21:3 "To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice."
Amos 5:21-24 "I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies."
Mark 12:33 "and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbo…"
Matthew 9:13 "But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’Hosea 6:6 for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to …"
Micah 6:6-8 "How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?"
Jeremiah 7:22-23 "For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or …"

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