And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?