Proverbs 21:3

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 40:7

Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.

Psalm 50:8

Not for your sacrifices will I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Hosea 6:6

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

Zechariah 7:9

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Execute true justice, show mercy and compassion, every man to his brother.

Mark 12:33

To love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, a listening ear than the fat of rams.