Proverbs 21:3

Coverdale Bible (1535)

To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Samuel saide: Hath the LORDE pleasure in sacrifices and burntofferynges, as in obeynge the voyce of the LORDE? Beholde, obedience is better then offerynge, and to herken is better then the fat of rammes.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse, and not in offerynge: Yee in the knowlege of God, more then in burntsacrifice.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the LORDE? shall I bowe mykne to the hye God? Shal I come before him wt brentofferinges, and with calues of a yeare olde? 7 Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many thousand rammes, or innumerable streames of oyle? Or shal I geue my firstborne for myne offences, and the frute of my body for the synne of my soule? 8 I wil shewe the (O ma) what is good, and what the LORDE requyreth off the: Namely, to do right, to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse, to be lowly, and to walke with thy God:
  • Mark 12:33 : 33 and to loue him with all the hert, with all the mynde, with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue a mans neghboure as himself, is more then brent sacrifices and all offerynges.
  • Isa 1:11-17 : 11 Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me? I am discontent for the brentoffringes of wethers, and with ye fatnesse offedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes, lambes and gootes. 12 When ye apeare before me, who requyreth you to treade within my porches? 13 Offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but lost laboure. I abhorre youre incense. I maye not awaye with youre newmoones, youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes. Youre fastinges are also in vayne. 14 I hate youre new holy dayes and fastinges, euen fro my very harte. They make me weery, I can not abyde them. 15 Though ye holde out yor hondes, yet turne I myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet heare I nothinge at all, for youre hondes are full of bloude. 16 Wash you, make you clene, put awaye yor euell thoughtes out of my sight, cease from doinge of euell and violence. 17 Lerne to do right, applie youre selues to equyte, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his right, let the wydowes complaynte come before you.
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes, the God of Israel: Ye heape vp youre burntoffringes with youre sacrifices, & eate ye flesh. 22 But when I brought youre fathers out of Egipte, I spake no worde vnto them of burntoffringes and sacrifices: 23 but this I commaunded them, sayenge: herken and obeye my voyce, and I shalbe youre God and ye shal be my people: so that ye walke in all the wayes, which I haue comaunded you, that ye maye prospere.
  • Ps 50:8 : 8 I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice, yi burntofferinges are allwaye before me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 21:2
    76%

    2 Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    74%

    22 Samuel saide: Hath the LORDE pleasure in sacrifices and burntofferynges, as in obeynge the voyce of the LORDE? Beholde, obedience is better then offerynge, and to herken is better then the fat of rammes.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27 The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offre the thinge yt is gotten wt wickednes.

  • Hos 6:6
    73%

    6 For I haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse, and not in offerynge: Yee in the knowlege of God, more then in burntsacrifice.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1 A false balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE, but a true weight pleaseth him.

  • Ps 69:31
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    31 That I maye prayse ye name of God with a songe, & magnifie it with thankesgeuynge.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him.

    9 The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacio vnto ye LORDE, but who so foloweth righteousnes, him he loueth.

  • Ps 4:5
    71%

    5 Sela. Offre ye sacrifice of rightuousnes, & put yor trust in ye LORDE.

  • Prov 21:15
    71%

    15 The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right, but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same.

  • Isa 1:17
    71%

    17 Lerne to do right, applie youre selues to equyte, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his right, let the wydowes complaynte come before you.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

  • Mal 1:8
    71%

    8 Yf ye offre ye blynde, is not yt euell? And yf ye offre the lame and sick, is not that euell? Yee offre it vnto thy prynce, shal he be cotent with the, or accepte thy personne, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes?

  • Isa 66:3
    71%

    3 For who so slayeth an oxe for me, doth me so greate dishonoure, as he yt kylleth a ma. He that kylleth a shepe for me, choketh a dogge. He that bringeth me meatoffringes, offreth swynes bloude: Who so maketh me a memoriall of Incense, prayseth the thinge yt is vnright. Yet take they soch wayes in honde, and their soule deliteth in these abhominacions.

  • Ps 51:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice, I wolde geue it the: but thou delytest not in burntofferynges.

    17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete, a broken and a cotrite hert (o God) shalt thou not despise.

  • Jer 22:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 Yee when he helped ye oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this, but only because he had me before his eyes? saieth the LORDE.

    17 Neuertheles, as for thine eyes and thine herte, they loke vpon covetousnesse, to shed innocent bloude, to do wronge and violence.

  • Ps 106:3
    71%

    3 Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment, and do rightuousnes.

  • Isa 1:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me? I am discontent for the brentoffringes of wethers, and with ye fatnesse offedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes, lambes and gootes.

    12 When ye apeare before me, who requyreth you to treade within my porches?

  • Isa 56:1
    71%

    1 Thus saieth ye LORDE: Kepe equite, and do right, for my sauynge health shal come shortly, & my rightuosnes shalbe opened.

  • Ezek 18:5
    70%

    5 Yf a man be godly, and do the thinge that is equall & right,

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    70%

    35 To moue the iudgment of man before the most highest.

    36 To condemne a man in his cause: The LORDE hath no pleasure in soch thinges.

  • Ps 51:19
    70%

    19 For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse, with the burntofferynges and oblacions: then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    70%

    6 And sayde vnto the Iudges: Take hede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgment of man, but of the LORDE, and he is with you in iudgmet:

  • Ps 7:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 The LORDE is iudge ouer the people: Auenge me then (o LORDE) acordinge to my rightuousnes & innocency.

    9 Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but manteyne the iust,

  • Prov 18:5
    70%

    5 It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.

  • Jer 7:5
    70%

    5 For yf ye will amende youre waies and councels, yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man and his neghboure:

  • Jer 22:3
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    3 Thus the LORDE commaundeth: kepe equite and rightuousnesse, delyuer the oppressed fro the power off the violent: do not greue ner oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse ner the wyddowe, ad shed no innocet bloude in this place.

  • Prov 17:15
    70%

    15 The LORDE hateth as well him yt iustifieth ye vngodly, as him yt condempneth the innocet.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4 A presumptuous loke, a proude stomacke, & the lanterne of the vngodly is synne.

  • Mic 6:8
    70%

    8 I wil shewe the (O ma) what is good, and what the LORDE requyreth off the: Namely, to do right, to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse, to be lowly, and to walke with thy God:

  • Isa 42:21
    70%

    21 The LORDE be merciful vnto them for his rightuousnesse sake, that his worde might be magnified & praysed.

  • Ps 33:5
    69%

    5 He loueth mercy & iudgment, ye earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE

  • Mal 3:4
    69%

    4 Then shall the offeringe of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the LORDE, like as from the begynninge & in the yeares afore tyme.

  • Prov 16:2
    69%

    2 A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.

  • Prov 16:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.

    12 It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

  • Prov 29:27
    69%

    27 The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.

  • Prov 20:23
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    23 The LORDE abhorreth two maner of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell thinge.

  • Lev 19:15
    69%

    15 Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore, ner honoure the parsonne of the greate, but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously.

  • Deut 16:20
    69%

    20 Loke what righte is, yt shalt thou folowe, that thou mayest lyue & possesse the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

  • Eccl 5:1
    69%

    1 Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

  • Ps 103:6
    69%

    6 The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment, for all them yt suffre wronge.

  • Jer 3:11
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    11 And the LORDE sayde vnto me: The bacslyder Israel is more rightuous, the the vnfaithfull Iuda:

  • Mal 2:17
    69%

    17 Ye greue the LORDE with youre wordes, and yet ye saye: wherwithall haue we greued him? In this, that ye saye: All that do euell are good in the sight of God, and soch please him. Or els where is the God that punysheth?

  • Eccl 3:16
    69%

    16 Morouer, I sawe vnder ye Sonne, vngodlynesse in the steade of iudgment, & iniquite in steade of rightuousnesse.