Bible Verses About Obedience Being Better Than Sacrifice

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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?

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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.

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.