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1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Has 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 listen than the fat of rams.
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August 29. "To Obey is Better than Sacrifice" (I. Sam. xv. 22).
... "To obey is better than sacrifice" (I. Sam. ... Our healing is thus represented as a
special recompense for obedience. ... and looks at the bright side of God, and it ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /august 29 to obey is.htm

Whether Obedience is the Greatest of the virtues?
... in a sacrifice we slay another's body, whereas by obedience we slay ... in which Samuel
spoke, it would have been better for Saul to obey God than to offer in ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether obedience is the greatest.htm

Obedience
... enough for him to offer sacrifices, though he disobeyed God's command; but to obey
is better than sacrifice.' God disclaims sacrifice, if obedience be wanting. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the ten commandments/1 1 obedience.htm

Prayer and Obedience
... law, obedience was looked upon as being "better than sacrifice, and to harken, than
the fat of lambs." In Deuteronomy 5:29, Moses represents Almighty God ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/ix prayer and obedience.htm

Whether Christ Died Out of Obedience?
... Eph.5:2: "He delivered Himself for us an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an ...
according to 1 Kings 15:22: "Obedience is better than sacrifices." Therefore ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ died out of.htm

Proof that God did not Appoint the Levitical Dispensation for his ...
... God does not desire whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices, but He will have His voice
to be hearkened to. Behold, a ready obedience is better than sacrifice, ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xvii proof that god did.htm

Political Religion
... Absolute obedience to God's will, whatever perils may seem to attend it, is true
worship. ... 'Obedience is better than sacrifice.' Temptations to take our own ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/political religion.htm

The Obedience of Faith
... be pleased with: yet "to obey is better than sacrifice, and to ... thing as to do exactly
what God would have ... little things is a fine feature in obedience: it lies ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/the obedience of faith.htm

Obedience: Its Place in Holy Scripture.
... To obey is better than any sacrifice. ... Sad type of so much obedience, which in part
performs God's commandment, and yet is not the obedience God asks! ...
/.../murray/the school of obedience/i obedience its place in.htm

Saul Rejected
... drawn him in true penitence to a forgiving God. ... as unreal as his protestation of
obedience, and showed ... of the great words, 'To obey is better than sacrifice.'. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/saul rejected.htm