Formalism

“But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.”

“I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,”

“For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.”

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.”

“I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.”

“And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.”

“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.”

““What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.”