Proverbs 21:3

"To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice."

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Cross References

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Psalms 50:8

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

Isaiah 1:11

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

Jeremiah 7:21

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

Mark 12:33

And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Micah 6:6

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

All Translations

BBE BBE

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

DBY DBY

To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

KJV King James Version

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

WBT WBT

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

WEB WEB

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

YLT YLT

To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.