Proverbs 21:3
To do tzedakah and mishpat 1 is more acceptable to Hashem than zevach. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
In Context
2Every derech ish is yashar (right) in his own eynayim, 1 but Hashem weigheth the hearts. 1
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Zevach and minchah Thou didst not desire; 1 mine ears hast Thou pierced; + 40:7 cf Ps 22:17 1 olah (burnt offering) and chata'ah (sin offering) hast Thou not required. 1
Proverbs 15:8The zevach of the resha'im is a to'evah to Hashem, 1 but the tefillah (prayer) of the yesharim is His delight. 1
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good; 1 seek mishpat, 1 relieve the oppressed, 1 judge the fatherless, 1 plead for the almanah. 1
Hosea 6:6For I desired chesed, and not zevach; 1 and the da'as Elohim more than olot (burnt offerings). + 6:6 Mt 9:13 1
Micah 6:8He hath showed thee, O adam (man), what is tov. 1 And what doth Hashem require of thee, 1 but to do mishpat, and ahavat chesed, 1 and to walk humbly with Eloheicha? 1
Mark 12:33and to have ahavah for him B'CHOL LEVAVCHA (with all your heart) and with all your binah UVECHOL MODECHA + 12:33 Dt 6:5 (with all your strength) and L'REACHA KAMOCHA + 12:33 Lv 19:18 (your neighbor as yourself) is greater [than] all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. + 12:33 1Sm 15:22; Hos 6:6; Mic 6:6-8
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 →