Samuel Tells Saul

"Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and the arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has rejected you as king."

(I Samuel 15:22-23)