1 Samuel 15:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which should have been destroyed, to offer unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voice of the Lord is obeyed? behold, (A)to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken is better than the fat of rams.
23 For [a]rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and transgression is wickedness and idolatry. Because thou hast cast away the word of the Lord, therefore he hath cast away thee from being king.
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- 1 Samuel 15:23 God hateth nothing more than the disobedience of his Commandment, though the intent seems never so good to man.
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