Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
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- 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.
- 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?
- 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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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.
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27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
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6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
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8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
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5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in Jehovah.
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8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
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3He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine's blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:
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16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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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?
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19Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
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5For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
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3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
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21It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
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5He loveth righteousness and justice: The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Jehovah.
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11A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.
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27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
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11And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
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16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.