Devine Scripture

Proverbs 21:3

Proverbs chapter 21 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

v.3This passage

v.4A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 50:8

    I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

  • Jeremiah 7:21

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.

  • Hosea 6:6

    For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

  • Micah 6:6

    Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

  • Isaiah 1:11

    What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough 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.

  • 1 Samuel 15:22

    And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.