Proverbs 21:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 40:7

And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

Psalm 50:8

For behold, you have loved truth. The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with his brother.

Mark 12:33

and that he should be loved from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength. And to love one's neighbor as one's self is greater than all holocausts and sacrifices."

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said: "Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.