1 Samuel 15:22–23

22 And Samuel said,

“Has the Lord kas 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.

23  For rebellion is as the sin of divination,

and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has also rejected you from being king.”

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ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]