Bible Cross References
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said: Has Jehovah as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in to obey the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.
Psalm 50:8
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices, or your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.
Isaiah 1:11-17
11
What good to Me are your many sacrifices, says Jehovah? I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of well-fed cattle; nor do I delight in the blood of bulls, of lambs, or he goats.
12
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?
13
Bring no more vain sacrifices; its incense is an abomination to Me. I cannot endure the new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, and the wicked festivals.
14
My soul hates your new moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
15
And when you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
16
Wash yourselves, purify yourselves. Put away the evil of your doings from My eyes; stop doing evil.
17
Learn to do good, seek justice, set straight the oppressor, judge for the orphan, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 7:21-23
21
Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Snatch away your burnt offerings from your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
22
For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23
But this is what I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:6-8
6
With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before the loftiness of God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves?
7
Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8
O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Mark 12:33
And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.