Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
In Context
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
4A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. 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 the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole 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 →