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1 Samuel 15:22
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing 1 Samuel 15:22, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 Samuel 15:21-23
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
22 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.
23 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.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 16.1
Good works are only such as God hath commanded in His holy Word, and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal, or upon…
1 Samuel 15:22
22 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.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 91
The duty which God requireth of man is obedience to his revealed will.
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 39
The duty which God requireth of man, is obedience to his revealed will.