Proverbs 21:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule? 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.
  • Mark 12:33 : 33 And to loue him with all the heart, and with all the vnderstanding, and with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue his neighbour as himselfe, is more then all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
  • Isa 1:11-17 : 11 What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lorde? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates. 12 When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts? 13 Bring no mo oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies. 14 My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them. 15 And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill. 17 Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.
  • Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Put your burnt offerings vnto your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. 22 For I spake not vnto your fathers, nor commaunded them, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offrings and sacrifices. 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voyce, and I will be your God, and yee shalbe my people: and walke yee in all the wayes which I haue commaunded you, that it may be well vnto you.
  • Ps 50:8 : 8 I wil not reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that haue not bene continually before me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:2
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    2Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

  • 1 Sam 15:22
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    22And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.

  • 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 minde?

  • Hos 6:6
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    6For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

  • Ps 69:31
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    31This also shall please the Lord better then a yong bullocke, that hath hornes and hoofes.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination vnto the Lord: but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.

  • Ps 4:5
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    5Offer the sacrifices of righteousnes, and trust in the Lorde.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.

  • Isa 1:17
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    17Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.

  • Mal 1:8
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    8And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes?

  • Isa 66:3
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    3He that killeth a bullocke, is as if he slewe a man: he that sacrificeth a sheepe, as if he cut off a dogges necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood: he that remembreth incense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue chosen their owne wayes, and their soule deliteth in their abominations.

  • Ps 51:16-17
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    16For thou desirest no sacrifice, though I would giue it: thou delitest not in burnt offering.

    17The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  • Jer 22:16-17
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    16When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

    17But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.

  • Ps 106:3
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    3Blessed are they that keepe iudgement, and doe righteousnesse at all times.

  • Isa 1:11-12
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    11What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lorde? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.

    12When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts?

  • Isa 56:1
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    1Thus saith the Lorde, Keepe iudgement and doe iustice: for my saluation is at hand to come, and my righteousnes to be reueiled.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5But if a man be iust, and doe that which is lawfull, and right,

  • Lam 3:35-36
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    35In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

    36In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.

  • Ps 51:19
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    19Then shalt thou accept ye sacrifices of righteousnes, euen the burnt offering and oblation: then shall they offer calues vpon thine altar.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6And said to the iudges, Take heede what ye doe: for yee execute not the iudgements of man, but of the Lorde, and he will be with you in the cause and iudgement.

  • Ps 7:8-9
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    8The Lorde shall iudge the people: Iudge thou me, O Lorde, according to my righteousnesse, and according to mine innocencie, that is in mee.

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    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

  • Jer 22:3
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    3Thus saith the Lorde, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.

  • Mic 6:8
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.

  • Isa 42:21
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    21The Lorde is willing for his righteousnesse sake that he may magnifie the Lawe, and exalt it.

  • Ps 33:5
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    5He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord.

  • Mal 3:4
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    4Then shall the offerings of Iudah and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the Lord, as in old time and in the yeeres afore.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

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    11A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.

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  • Prov 29:27
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    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 20:23
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    23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

  • Deut 16:20
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    20That which is iust and right shalt thou follow, that thou maiest liue, & possesse the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Eccl 5:1
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    1(4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.

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    6The Lord executeth righteousnes & iudgement to all that are oppressed.

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    11And the Lord said vnto me, The rebellious Israel hath iustified her selfe more then the rebellious Iudah.

  • Mal 2:17
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    17Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?

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    16And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.