Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

8: The Chapter about the Thousands – 109
Worshipping the upright is better
than alms or sacrifice
Ven. Sāriputta asked the Buddha to teach his friend, who
offered animals in sacrifice, the true way to the Brahmā world,
and the Buddha gave him this teaching.
108. Yaṁ kiñci yiṭṭhaṁ ca hutaṁ ca loke
saṁvaccharaṁ yajetha puññapekkho,
sabbam-pi taṁ na catubhāgam-eti –
abhivādanā ujjugatesu seyyo.
Whatever the alms or the sacrifice
one seeking merit may give for a year,
that is not a quarter of the merit –
better is the worship of the upright.