1 Samuel 15:22-23

The Lord Rejects Saul

²² And Samuel said,
_w "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, _x to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
²³ For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and _y idolatry.
Because _z you have rejected the word of the Lord,
_a he has also rejected you from being king."

1. Cross References
   Psalms 40:6 - 8
   In sacrifice and offering you have not delighte...
   Psalms 50:8 - 9
   Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your b...
   Proverbs 21:3
   To do righteousness and justice is more accepta...
   Isaiah 1:11 - 13
   What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?...
   Isaiah 1:16 - 17
   Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove ...
   Jeremiah 7:22 - 23
   For in the day that I brought them out of the l...
   Micah 6:6 - 8
   With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow...
   Hebrews 10:6 - 9
   In burnt offerings and sin offerings you have t...
   
2. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 5:1
   Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
   Hosea 6:6
   For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
   Matthew 9:13
   Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
   Matthew 12:7
   And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
   Mark 12:33
   And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 31:19
   Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.
   Genesis 31:34
   Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle and sat on them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Samuel 15:26
   And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Samuel 13:14
   But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.