5 Bible Verses About Obedience Better Than Sacrifice
5 Bible verses about Obedience Better Than Sacrifice to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
Samuel said, “Is the LORD as pleased with burnt offerings and sacrifices as with obeying the voice of the LORD? See, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to pay heed is better than the fat of rams.
For I want loyal love, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
He has told you, mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD ask of you except to do justice, to love loyalty, and to walk humbly with your God?
Sacrifice is not what you desire, or I would offer it; a burnt offering does not please you. The sacrifices that God accepts are a broken spirit. A heart that is broken and crushed, God, you will never reject.
Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”