Proverbs 21:3
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
In Context
2Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
4A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 40:7All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt. 1
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.
Isaiah 1:17learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
Hosea 6:6Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.
Micah 6:8Has it not been told you, O man, what is good? or what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord your God?
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 →