Proverbs 21:3

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:22

Shemu'el said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Hosea 6:6

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

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Mark 12:33

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.*

Psalm 50:8

I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

Psalm 40:7

Then I said, *Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

Zechariah 7:9

*Thus has the LORD of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.