Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
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- 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel sayde: Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerynges, as when the voyce of the Lorde is obeyed? Beholde, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, is better then the fat of rammes.
- Prov 15:8 : 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.
- Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more then burnt offeringes.
- Mic 6:6-8 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lorde, and bowe my selfe to the hye God? Shall I come before him with burnt offeringes, and with calues of a yere olde? 7 Hath the Lorde a pleasure in many thousandes of Rammes, or innumerabic streames of oyle? shall I geue my first borne for myne offences, and the fruite of my body for the sinne of my soule? 8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: namely to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God.
- Mark 12:33 : 33 And to loue hym with all the heart, and with all the vnderstandyng, & with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue a mans neyghbour as hym selfe, is greater then all the burnt offerynges and sacrifices.
- Isa 1:11-17 : 11 Why offer ye so many sacrifices to me, wyll the Lorde say? I am full of the burnt offeringes of weathers, & of the fatnesse of fed beastes, I haue no pleasure in the blood of bullockes, lambes, and goates. 12 When ye come to appeare before me treadyng in my courtes, who hath required this at your handes? 13 Offer me no mo oblations, for it is but lost labour: incense is an abhominable thyng vnto me, I may not away with your newe moones, your sabbathes & solempne meetynges, your solempne assemblies are wicked. 14 I hate your newe moones and appoynted feastes euen from my very heart, they make me weery, I can not abyde them. 15 When you holde out your handes, I wyll turne myne eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, yet I wyll heare nothyng at all, seyng your handes are full of blood. 16 Washe you, make you cleane, put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght: ceasse from doyng of euyll, 17 Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you:
- Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel: Heape vp your burnt offeringes with your sacrifices, and eate the fleshe. 22 For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt, I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices: 23 But this I commaunded them, saying, Hearken and obay my voyce, and I shalbe your God, and ye shalbe my people, so that ye walke in al the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you, that ye may prosper.
- Ps 50:8 : 8 I wyll not reproue thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt offerynges: for that they be not alway before me.
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2 Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.
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22 And Samuel sayde: Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerynges, as when the voyce of the Lorde is obeyed? Beholde, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, is better then the fat of rammes.
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27 The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?
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6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more then burnt offeringes.
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1 A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.
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31 And it wyll please God: better then a bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes.
- Prov 15:8-92 verses72%
8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.
9 The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde: but who so foloweth righteousnesse, him he loueth.
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5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse: and put your trust in God.
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15 The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right: but destruction shalbe to the workers of wickednesse.
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17 Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you:
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8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
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8 When ye bring the blinde for sacrifice, you say it is not euil: and when ye bring the lame and sicke, you say it is not euil: offer it nowe to thy prince, wyll he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saith the Lorde of hoastes?
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3 For who so slayeth an oxe for me, doth me so great dishonour as he that killeth a man: He that killeth a sheepe for me knetcheth a dogge: He that bryngeth me meate offerynges, offereth sivynes blood, who so maketh me a memorial of incense, prayseth the thyng that is vnryght: Yet take they such wayes in hande, and their soule delyghteth in these abhominations.
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16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, els I would geue it thee: thou delightest not in a burnt offering.
17 Sacrifices for God is a mortified spirite: O Lorde thou wylt not despise a mortified and an humble heart.
- Jer 22:16-172 verses71%
16 Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?
17 Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence.
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3 Blessed are they that kepe iudgement: and do iustice at all times.
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11 Why offer ye so many sacrifices to me, wyll the Lorde say? I am full of the burnt offeringes of weathers, & of the fatnesse of fed beastes, I haue no pleasure in the blood of bullockes, lambes, and goates.
12 When ye come to appeare before me treadyng in my courtes, who hath required this at your handes?
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1 Thus saith the Lorde, Kepe equitie, and do right: for my sauyng health shal come shortlye, and my righteousnesse shalbe opened.
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5 But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:
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35 To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest,
36 To condemne a man in his cause: the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges.
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19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousnes, with burnt offeringes and oblations: then wyll they offer young bullockes vpon thyne aulter.
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6 And sayde to the iudges, Take heede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of God, whiche is with you in the iudgement.
- Ps 7:8-92 verses70%
8 God wyll iudge the people: geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse, and according to my perfection that is within me.
9 My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.
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5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
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5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels, and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour,
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3 Thus the Lord comaundeth: Kepe equitie and righteousnesse, deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent, do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
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15 The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.
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4 An high looke, a proude heart, and the plowing of the vngodly is sinne.
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8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: namely to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God.
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21 The Lorde is mercyfull vnto them for his righteousnesse sake, that his word might be magnified and praysed:
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5 He loueth righteousnes & iudgement: the earth is ful of the goodnes of God.
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4 Then shall the offeringes of Iuda and Hierusalem be acceptable vnto the Lorde, as in olde tyme, and as in the yeres afore.
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2 A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.
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11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.
12 Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.
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27 The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.
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23 Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.
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15 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.
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20 That which is iust and ryght shalt thou folowe, that thou mayst lyue, and enioy the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.
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1 When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll.
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6 God executeth iustice and iudgement: for all them that are oppressed with wrong.
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11 And the Lorde sayde vnto me, The backslyder Israel, is more righteous then the vnfaithfull Iuda.
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17 Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes, and you haue sayde, Wherein haue we weeried him? Whylest you say, Euery one that doth euil, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he is pleased in them: or where is the God of iudgement?
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16 Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse.