Verse 22
And Samuel{H8050} said,{H559} Hath Jehovah{H3068} as great delight{H2656} in burnt-offerings{H5930} and sacrifices,{H2077} as in obeying{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah?{H3068} Behold, to obey{H8085} is better{H2896} than sacrifice,{H2077} and to hearken{H8085} than the fat{H2459} of rams.{H352}
Referenced Verses
- Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire{H2654} goodness,{H2617} and not sacrifice;{H2077} and the knowledge{H1847} of God{H430} more than burnt-offerings.{H5930}
- Ps 51:16-17 : 16 For thou delightest{H2654} not in sacrifice;{H2077} else would I give{H5414} it: Thou hast no pleasure{H7521} in burnt-offering.{H5930} 17 The sacrifices{H2077} of God{H430} are a broken{H7665} spirit:{H7307} A broken{H7665} and contrite{H1794} heart,{H3820} O God,{H430} thou wilt not despise.{H959}
- Matt 9:13 : 13 But{G1161} go ye and{G4198} learn{G3129} what{G5101} [this] meaneth,{G2076} I desire{G2309} mercy,{G1656} and{G2532} not{G3756} sacrifice,{G2378} for{G1063} I came{G2064} not{G3756} to call{G2564} the righteous,{G1342} but{G235} sinners.{G268}
- Prov 21:3 : 3 To do{H6213} righteousness{H6666} and justice{H6666} Is more acceptable{H977} to Jehovah{H3068} than sacrifice.{H2077}
- Mark 12:33 : 33 and{G2532} to love{G25} him{G846} with{G1537} all{G3650} the heart,{G2588} and{G2532} with{G1537} all{G3650} the understanding,{G4907} and{G2532} with{G1537} all{G3650} the strength,{G2479} and{G2532} to love{G25} his neighbor{G4139} as{G5613} himself,{G1438} is{G2076} much more{G4119} than all{G3956} whole burnt-offerings{G3646} and{G2532} sacrifices.{G2378}
- Amos 5:21-24 : 21 I hate,{H8130} I despise{H3988} your feasts,{H2282} and I will take no delight{H7306} in your solemn assemblies.{H6116} 22 Yea, though ye offer{H5927} me your burnt-offerings{H5930} and meal-offerings,{H4503} I will not accept{H7521} them; neither will I regard{H5027} the peace-offerings{H8002} of your fat beasts.{H4806} 23 Take thou away{H5493} from me the noise{H1995} of thy songs;{H7892} for I will not hear{H8085} the melody{H2172} of thy viols.{H5035} 24 But let justice{H4941} roll down{H1556} as waters,{H4325} and righteousness{H6666} as a mighty{H386} stream.{H5158}
- Mic 6:6-8 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before{H6923} Jehovah,{H3068} and bow{H3721} myself before the high{H4791} God?{H430} shall I come before{H6923} him with burnt-offerings,{H5930} with calves{H5695} a year{H8141} old?{H1121} 7 will Jehovah{H3068} be pleased{H7521} with thousands{H505} of rams,{H352} [or] with ten thousands{H7233} of rivers{H5158} of oil?{H8081} shall I give{H5414} my first-born{H1060} for my transgression,{H6588} the fruit{H6529} of my body{H990} for the sin{H2403} of my soul?{H5315} 8 He hath showed{H5046} thee, O man,{H120} what is good;{H2896} and what doth Jehovah{H3068} require{H1875} of thee, but to do{H6213} justly,{H4941} and to love{H160} kindness,{H2617} and to walk{H3212} humbly{H6800} with thy God?{H430}
- Jer 7:22-23 : 22 For I spake{H1696} not unto your fathers,{H1} nor commanded{H6680} them in the day{H3117} that I brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} concerning{H1697} burnt-offerings{H5930} or sacrifices:{H2077} 23 but this thing{H1697} I commanded{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Hearken{H8085} unto my voice,{H6963} and I will be your God,{H430} and ye shall be my people;{H5971} and walk{H1980} ye in all the way{H1870} that I command{H6680} you, that it may be well{H3190} with you.
- Matt 12:7 : 7 But{G1161} if{G1487} ye had known{G1097} what{G5101} this meaneth,{G2076} I desire{G2309} mercy,{G1656} and{G2532} not{G3756} sacrifice,{G2378} ye{G2613} would{G302} not{G3756} have condemned{G2613} the guiltless.{G338}
- Ps 40:6-8 : 6 Sacrifice{H2077} and offering{H4503} thou hast no delight{H2654} in; Mine ears{H241} hast thou opened:{H3738} Burnt-offering{H5930} and sin-offering{H5930} hast thou not required.{H7592} 7 Then said{H559} I, Lo, I am come;{H935} In the roll{H4039} of the book{H5612} it is written{H3789} of me: 8 I delight{H2654} to do{H6213} thy will,{H7522} O my God;{H430} Yea, thy law{H8451} is within{H8432} my heart.{H4578}
- Ps 50:8-9 : 8 I will not reprove{H3198} thee for thy sacrifices;{H2077} And thy burnt-offerings{H5930} are continually{H8548} before me. 9 I will take{H3947} no bullock{H6499} out of thy house,{H1004} Nor he-goats{H6260} out of thy folds.{H4356}
- Heb 10:4-9 : 4 For{G1063} it is impossible{G102} that{G851} the blood{G129} of bulls{G5022} and{G2532} goats{G5131} should take away{G851} sins.{G266} 5 Wherefore{G1352} when he cometh{G1525} into{G1519} the world,{G2889} he saith,{G3004} Sacrifice{G2378} and{G2532} offering{G4376} thou wouldest{G2309} not,{G3756} But{G1161} a body{G4983} didst thou prepare{G2675} for me;{G3427} 6 In whole burnt offerings{G3646} and{G2532} [sacrifices] for{G4012} sin{G266} thou hadst{G2106} no{G3756} pleasure:{G2106} 7 Then{G5119} said I,{G2036} Lo,{G2400} I am come{G2240} (In{G1722} the roll{G2777} of the book{G975} it is written{G1125} of{G4012} me){G1700} To do{G4160} thy{G4675} will,{G2307} O God.{G2316} 8 {G3754} Saying{G3004} above,{G511} Sacrifices{G2378} and{G2532} offerings{G4376} and{G2532} whole burnt offerings{G3646} and{G2532} [sacrifices] for{G4012} sin{G266} thou wouldest{G2309} not,{G3756} neither{G3761} hadst pleasure{G2106} therein (the which{G3748} are offered{G4374} according{G2596} to the law),{G3551} 9 then{G5119} hath he{G2046} said, Lo,{G2400} I am come{G2240} to do{G4160} thy{G4675} will.{G2307} {G2316} He taketh away{G337} the first,{G4413} that{G2443} he may establish{G2476} the second.{G1208} 10 By{G1722} which{G3739} will{G2307} we have been{G2070} sanctified{G37} through{G1223} the offering{G4376} of the body{G4983} of Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547} once{G2178} for all.
- Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep{H8104} thy foot{H7272} when thou goest{H3212} to the house{H1004} of God;{H430} for to draw nigh{H7138} to hear{H8085} is better than to give{H5414} the sacrifice{H2077} of fools:{H3684} for they know{H3045} not that they do{H6213} evil.{H7451}
- Isa 1:11-17 : 11 What{H4100} unto me is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices?{H2077} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} I have had enough{H7646} of the burnt-offerings{H5930} of rams,{H352} and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts;{H4806} and I delight{H2654} not in the blood{H1818} of bullocks,{H6499} or of lambs,{H3532} or of he-goats.{H6260} 12 When ye come{H935} to appear{H7200} before{H6440} me, who hath required{H1245} this at your hand,{H3027} to trample{H7429} my courts?{H2691} 13 Bring{H935} no more{H3254} vain{H7723} oblations;{H4503} incense{H7004} is an abomination{H8441} unto me; new moon{H2320} and sabbath,{H7676} the calling{H7121} of assemblies,—{H4744} I cannot away with{H3201} iniquity{H205} and the solemn meeting.{H6116} 14 Your new moons{H2320} and your appointed feasts{H4150} my soul{H5315} hateth;{H8130} they are a trouble{H2960} unto me; I am weary{H3811} of bearing{H5375} them. 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566} your hands,{H3709} I will hide{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} from you; yea, when ye make many{H7235} prayers,{H8605} I will not hear:{H8085} your hands{H3027} are full{H4390} of blood.{H1818} 16 Wash{H7364} you, make you clean;{H2135} put away{H5493} the evil{H7455} of your doings{H4611} from before{H5048} mine eyes;{H5869} cease{H2308} to do evil;{H7489} 17 learn{H3925} to do well;{H3190} seek{H1875} justice,{H4941} relieve{H833} the oppressed,{H2541} judge{H8199} the fatherless,{H3490} plead{H7378} for the widow.{H490}
- Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees,{G5330} hypocrites!{G5273} for{G3754} ye tithe{G586} mint{G2238} and{G2532} anise{G432} and{G2532} cummin,{G2951} and{G2532} have left undone{G863} the weightier{G926} matters of the law,{G3551} justice,{G2532} and mercy,{G1656} and{G2532} faith:{G4102} but these{G5023} ye{G1163} ought to have done,{G4160} and{G2548} not{G3361} to have left{G863} the other{G2548} undone.{G863}
- Jer 26:13 : 13 Now therefore amend{H3190} your ways{H1870} and your doings,{H4611} and obey{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} your God;{H430} and Jehovah{H3068} will repent{H5162} him of the evil{H7451} that he hath pronounced{H1696} against you.
- Jer 11:7 : 7 For I earnestly{H5749} protested{H5749} unto your fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I brought them up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} even unto this day,{H3117} rising early{H7925} and protesting,{H5749} saying,{H559} Obey{H8085} my voice.{H6963}
- Matt 5:24 : 24 leave{G863} there{G1563} thy{G4675} gift{G1435} before{G1715} the altar,{G2379} and{G2532} go thy way,{G5217} first{G4412} be reconciled{G1259} to{G80} thy{G4675} brother,{G80} and{G2532} then{G5119} come{G2064} and offer{G4374} thy{G4675} gift.{G1435}
- Exod 19:5 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey{H8085} my voice{H6963} indeed,{H8085} and keep{H8104} my covenant,{H1285} then ye shall be mine own possession{H5459} from among all peoples:{H5971} for all the earth{H776} is mine:
- Jer 11:4 : 4 which I commanded{H6680} your fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I brought them forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the iron{H1270} furnace,{H3564} saying,{H559} Obey{H8085} my voice,{H6963} and do{H6213} them, according to all which I command{H6680} you: so shall ye be my people,{H5971} and I will be your God;{H430}