Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
In Context
2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Mark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all 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 →