1 Samuel 15:22
New International Version
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.
1 Samuel 15:22
King James Version
22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
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Psalm 50:9-13
New International Version
9 I have no need of a bull(A) from your stall
or of goats(B) from your pens,(C)
10 for every animal of the forest(D) is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.(E)
11 I know every bird(F) in the mountains,
and the insects in the fields(G) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world(H) is mine, and all that is in it.(I)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
Psalm 50:9-13
King James Version
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
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Psalm 51:16-19
New International Version
Footnotes
- Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are
Psalm 51:16-19
King James Version
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
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Hosea 6:6
New International Version
Hosea 6:6
King James Version
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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