1 Samuel 15:22
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22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,(A)
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
Psalm 40:6-8
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6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(A)
but my ears you have opened[a]—(B)
burnt offerings(C) and sin offerings[b] you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.[c](D)
8 I desire to do your will,(E) my God;(F)
your law is within my heart.”(G)
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
- Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
- Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me
Psalm 51:16-17
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)
Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:16-20
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16 Wash(A) and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(B)
stop doing wrong.(C)
17 Learn to do right;(D) seek justice.(E)
Defend the oppressed.[a](F)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(G)
plead the case of the widow.(H)
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(I)
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;(J)
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.(K)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(L)
you will eat the good things of the land;(M)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(N)
you will be devoured by the sword.”(O)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(P)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Hosea 6:6
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Micah 6:6-8
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6 With what shall I come before(A) the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?(B)
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,(C)
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?(D)
Shall I offer my firstborn(E) for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?(F)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(G) and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[a](H) with your God.(I)
Footnotes
- Micah 6:8 Or prudently
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