Proverbs 21:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ To do righteousness and right-ruling Is more acceptable to יהוה than a slaughtering.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ To do justice and judgment Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. [I Sam. 15:22; Prov. 15:8; Isa. 1:11; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:7, 8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Common English Bible

³ Acting with righteousness and justice is more valued by the LORD than sacrifice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

Proverbs 21:3 Cross References

Psalm 40:7

Then I said, “See, I have come; In the scroll of the Book it is prescribed for me.

Psalm 50:8

I do not reprove you for your slaughterings, And your ascending offerings are continually before Me.”

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Hosea 6:6

“For I delight in loving-commitment and not slaughtering, and in the knowledge of Elohim more than ascending offerings.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus said יהוה of hosts, ‘Execute true right-ruling, show loving-commitment and compassion everyone to his brother.

Mark 12:33

“And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the being, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is more than all the ascending offerings and offerings.”

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Shemu’ĕl said, “Does יהוה delight in ascending offerings and slaughterings, as in obeying the voice of יהוה? Look, to obey is better than a slaughtering, to heed is better than the fat of rams.