22 So Samuel said:

(A)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (B)to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.

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(A)I will not [a]rebuke you (B)for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:8 reprove

(A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

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27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!

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For I desire (A)mercy[a] and (B)not sacrifice,
And the (C)knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:6 Or faithfulness or loyalty

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