1 Samuel 15:22

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665 · Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · Public domainGerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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1 Samuel 15:22 (WEB)
Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the LORD’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.17Book IV
“Behold, a ready obedience is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xv. 22.
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