The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.

行仁义公平比献祭更蒙耶和华悦纳。

行公义和公平比献祭更蒙耶和华悦纳。

行公义和公平比献祭更蒙耶和华悦纳。

秉公行义比献祭更蒙耶和华喜悦。

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实行公义和公正，比献祭更蒙耶和华悦纳。

行仁義公平比獻祭更蒙耶和華悅納。

行公義和公平比獻祭更蒙耶和華悅納。

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秉公行義比獻祭更蒙耶和華喜悅。

秉公行義，比獻祭更蒙耶和華悅納。

行仁義公平、比獻祭更蒙永恆主悅納。

實行公義和公正，比獻祭更蒙耶和華悅納。

行義秉公、耶和華所悅納、愈於獻祭、

大公是秉、愈於獻祭、耶和華所悅。

行義秉公、為主所悅、愈於悅獻祭、

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Do what is right and fair. The Lord accepts that more than sacrifices.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the Lord more than sacrifice.

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

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

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

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

But Samuel replied,“ What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.

The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but he delights in the prayers of the upright.

I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

What can we bring to the Lord? Should we bring him burnt offerings? Should we bow before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves?Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins?No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbor as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.”

“ What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the Lord.“ I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle. I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.When you come to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals. They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:“ Take your burnt offerings and your other sacrifices and eat them yourselves!When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices I wanted from them.This is what I told them:‘ Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!’

I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.