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 50:9-15
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 50:9-15
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?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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Psalm 51:16
New International Version
16 You do not delight in sacrifice,(A) or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
Psalm 51:16
King James Version
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
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Psalm 51:17
New International Version
Psalm 51:17
King James Version
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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Psalm 69:30
New International Version
Psalm 69:30
King James Version
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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Psalm 69:31
New International Version
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(A)
Psalm 69:31
King James Version
31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
New International Version
Fulfill Your Vow to God
5 [a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
King James Version
5 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
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