Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to LORD than sacrifice.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
In Context
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the hearts.
4A high look, and a proud heart, [even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Then I said, Lo, I have come. In the volume of a book it is written of me.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Micah 6:8He has shown thee, O man, what is good. And what does LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Mark 12:33And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:3
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. Note, 1. We are all apt to be partial in judging of ourselves and our own actions, and to think too favourably of our own character, as if there was nothing amiss in it: Every way of a man, even his by-way, is right in his own eyes. The proud heart is very ingenious in putting a fair face upon a foul matter, and in making that appear right to itself which is far from being so, to stop the mouth of conscience. 2. We are sure that the… Read the whole commentary →