1 Samuel 15:22

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,x

and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

x	Ps 40:6–8 Ps 51:16 Pr 21:3 Is 1:11–15 Je 7:22 Ho 6:6 Am 5:25 Mic 6:6–8 Mk 12:33