Proverbs 21:3

American Standard Version (1901)

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old? 7 will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Mark 12:33 : 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
  • Isa 1:11-17 : 11 What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,-- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. [ 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices: 23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
  • Ps 50:8 : 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

  • 1 Sam 15:22
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    22And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

  • Hos 6:6
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    6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

  • Ps 69:31
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    31And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, [Or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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    5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in Jehovah.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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    17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

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    8And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

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    16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

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  • Jer 22:16-17
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    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

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    3Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

  • Isa 1:11-12
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    11What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

    12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

  • Isa 56:1
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    1Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

  • Lam 3:35-36
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    35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

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    4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

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    1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

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