I Samuel 15:22-26
22 So Samuel said:
"Has 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 heed than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
He also has rejected you from being king."
24 Then Saul 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. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with
me, that I may worship the LORD."
26 But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you, for you have rejected
the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over
Israel."
(New King James)
"Has 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 heed than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
He also has rejected you from being king."
24 Then Saul 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. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD." 26 But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel."
(New King James)