Proverbs 21:3
To do merci and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
In Context
2Ech weye of a man semeth riytful to hym silf; but the Lord peisith the hertis.
4Enhaunsyng of iyen is alargyng of the herte; the lanterne of wickid men is synne.
Cross References
Psalms 40:7And if he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis; his herte gaderide wickidnesse to hym silf.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of wickyd men ben abhomynable to the Lord; avowis of iust men ben plesaunt.
Isaiah 1:17Seke ye doom, helpe ye hym that is oppressid, deme ye to the fadirles and modirles child, defende ye a widewe.
Mark 12:33that he be loued of al the herte, and of al the mynde, and of al the vndurstondynge, and of al the soule, and of al strengthe, and to loue the neiybore as hym silf, is gretter than alle brent offryngis and sacrifices.