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.
Proverbs 15:8
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Isaiah 1:11
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Isaiah 1:16-17
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Hosea 6:6
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Micah 6:7-8
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7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,(A)
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?(B)
Shall I offer my firstborn(C) for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?(D)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(E) and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[a](F) with your God.(G)
Footnotes
- Micah 6:8 Or prudently
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