Proverbs 21:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.

Hosea 6:6

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.

Proverbs 15:8

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

Mark 12:33

And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

Psalm 50:8

I will not take up a cause against you because of your offerings, or because of your burned offerings, which are ever before me.

Psalm 40:7

Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

Zechariah 7:9

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother: