To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 15:22
Then Samuel said: Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention [is better] than the fat of rams.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 50:8
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 1:11-17
11
"What are all your sacrifices to Me?" asks the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I have no desire for the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
12
When you come to appear before Me, who requires this from you-- [this] trampling of My courts?
13
Stop bringing useless offerings. I despise [your] incense. New Moons and Sabbaths, and the calling of solemn assemblies-- I cannot stand iniquity with a festival.
14
I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals. They have become a burden to Me; I am tired of putting up with [them].
15
When you lift up your hands [in prayer], I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
16
"Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil.
17
Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow's cause.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 7:21-23
21
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,
22
for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.
23
However, I did give them this command: Obey Me, and then I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in every way I command you so that it may go well with you."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_28 6:6
For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_33 6:6-8
6
What should I bring before the LORD when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
7
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the child of my body for my own sin?
8
He has told you men what is good and what it is the LORD requires of you: Only to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_41 12:33
And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more [important] than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices."
