1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the LORD’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.1 Samuel 15:22 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — 1 શમુએલ ૧૫:૨૨
- શમુએલે કહ્યું કે, “શું ઈશ્વર પોતાની વાણી માનવામાં આવ્યાથી જેટલા રાજી થાય છે, તેટલાં દહનીયાર્પણો તથા બલિદાનોથી થાય છે શું? બલિદાન કરતાં આજ્ઞાપાલન સારું છે, ઘેટાંની ચરબી કરતાં વચન પાળવું સારું છે.
- हिन्दी — 1 शमूएल १५:२२
- शमूएल ने कहा, “क्या यहोवा होमबलियों, और मेलबलियों से उतना प्रसन्न होता है, जितना कि अपनी बात के माने जाने से प्रसन्न होता है? सुन, मानना तो बलि चढ़ाने से और कान लगाना मेढ़ों की चर्बी से उत्तम है। (मर. 12:32,33)
In context
20Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the LORD’s voice, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21But the people took of the plunder, sheep and cattle, the best of the devoted things, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”
22Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the LORD’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the LORD’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”
24Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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