1 Samuel 15:20-24

²⁰“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

²¹The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

²²But Samuel declared:

“Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as in obedience to His voice?

Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice,

and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

²³For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,

He has rejected you as king.”

²⁴Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

— 1 Samuel 15:20-24

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Cross References for 1 Samuel 15:20-24

• Hosea 6:6
• Psalm 51:16-17
• Proverbs 21:3
• Amos 5:21-24
• Mark 12:33
• Matthew 9:13
• Micah 6:6-8
• Jeremiah 7:22-23
• Psalm 40:6-8
• Ecclesiastes 5:1

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