Proverbs 21:3
To do what is right and just 1 is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
In Context
2Every person's way is right in his own eyes, 1 but it is Yahweh who weighs the hearts. 1
4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— 1 the lamp of the wicked—are sin. 1
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Then said I, “See, I have come; 1 it is written about me in the scroll of the document. 1
Proverbs 15:8Yahweh hates the sacrifices of wicked people, 1 but the prayer of upright people is his delight. 1
Isaiah 1:17learn to do good; 1 seek justice, make straight the oppression, + 1:17 Instead of make straight the oppression , some versions have help the oppressed . 1 give justice to the fatherless, defend the widow.” 1
Hosea 6:6For I desire faithfulness and not sacrifice, 1 and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 1
Micah 6:8He has told you, man, 1 what is good, 1 and what Yahweh requires from you: 1 Act justly, 1 love kindness, 1 and walk humbly with your God. 1
Mark 12:33To love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is even more 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 →