Proverbs 21:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices; and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams.

Hosea 6:6

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

Proverbs 15:8

The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

Mark 12:33

And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices.

Psalm 50:8

For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.

Psalm 40:7

And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.