Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. New Living Translation The LORD is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices. English Standard Version To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Berean Standard Bible To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. King James Bible To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. New King James Version To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. New American Standard Bible To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the LORD more than sacrifice. NASB 1995 To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice. NASB 1977 To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD rather than sacrifice. Legacy Standard Bible To do righteousness and justice Is chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice. Amplified Bible To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed]. Christian Standard Bible Doing what is righteous and just 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. American Standard Version To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Whoever does righteousness and judgment is chosen to LORD JEHOVAH by sacrifice. Brenton Septuagint Translation To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices. Contemporary English Version Doing what is right and fair pleases the LORD more than an offering. Douay-Rheims Bible To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. English Revised Version To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. GOD'S WORD® Translation Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to the LORD than offering a sacrifice. Good News Translation Do what is right and fair; that pleases the LORD more than bringing him sacrifices. International Standard Version To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. JPS Tanakh 1917 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Literal Standard Version To do righteousness and judgment, | Is chosen of YHWH rather than sacrifice. Majority Standard Bible To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. New American Bible To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. NET Bible To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. New Revised Standard Version To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. New Heart English Bible To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Webster's Bible Translation To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. World English Bible To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. Young's Literal Translation To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice. Additional Translations ... Context The King's Heart…2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. 3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. 4Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.… Cross References 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. Isaiah 1:11 "What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?" says the LORD. "I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. Isaiah 1:16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Micah 6:7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Treasury of Scripture To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath 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 hearken than the fat of rams. Psalm 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. Jump to Previous Acceptable Chosen Desired Exercise Judgment Justice Offering Pleasing Rather Right Righteousness Sacrifice True.Jump to Next Acceptable Chosen Desired Exercise Judgment Justice Offering Pleasing Rather Right Righteousness Sacrifice True.Proverbs 21 1. The king's heart in the hand of the Lord(3) To do justice and judgment, &c--See above on Proverbs 10:2. Is more acceptable than sacrifice.--See above on 15:8. Verse 3. - To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. The superiority of moral obedience to ceremonial worship is often inculcated (see note on Proverbs 15:8, and below, ver. 27; and comp. Micah 6:6-8 and Matthew 12:7). "Justice" and "judgment" (tsedakah and mishpat) are combined in Genesis 18:19; 2 Samuel 8:15; Job 37:23; Isaiah 56:1, etc. They imply equity and justice proceeding, not from bare regard to law, but from the principle of love. Septuagint, "To do justify and to speak the truth are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew To doעֲ֭שֹׂה (‘ă·śōh) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make righteousness צְדָקָ֣ה (ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively and justice וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט (ū·miš·pāṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style is more desirable נִבְחָ֖ר (niḇ·ḥār) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select to the LORD לַיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel than sacrifice. מִזָּֽבַח׃ (miz·zā·ḇaḥ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice Links Proverbs 21:3 NIVProverbs 21:3 NLT Proverbs 21:3 ESV Proverbs 21:3 NASB Proverbs 21:3 KJV Proverbs 21:3 BibleApps.com Proverbs 21:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 21:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 21:3 French Bible Proverbs 21:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more (Prov. 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