Proverbs 21:3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

English Standard Version
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

New American Standard Bible
To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.

King James Bible
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Doing what is righteous and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

International Standard Version
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

Darby Bible Translation
To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Young's Literal Translation
To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? said the LORD: I am full 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.

Isaiah 1:16
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Micah 6:7
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

21:1 The believer, perceiving that the Lord rules every heart as he sees fit, like the husbandman who turns the water through his grounds as he pleases, seeks to have his own heart, and the hearts of others, directed in his faith, fear, and love. 2. We are partial in judging ourselves and our actions. 3. Many deceive themselves with a conceit that outward devotions will excuse unrighteousness. 4. Sin is the pride, the ambition, the glory, the joy, and the business of wicked men. 5. The really diligent employ foresight as well as labour. 6. While men seek wealth by unlawful practices, they seek death. 7. Injustice will return upon the sinner, and will destroy him here and for ever. 8. The way of mankind by nature is froward and strange.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. (Compare Ps 50:7-15; Isa 1:11, 17).