1 Samuel 15:22 References
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Samuel said, "aHas the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, bto obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
b Jeremiah 7:22, Jeremiah 7:23, Hosea 6:6, Matthew 12:7, Mark 12:33
Jeremiah 7
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"For I did not aspeak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Jeremiah 7
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"But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'aObey My voice, and bI will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may cbe well with you.'
Hosea 6
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For aI delight in loyalty brather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Matthew 12
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"But if you had known what this means, 'aI DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.