Proverbs 21:3

New American Bible - revised edition

To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Cross References

Psalm 40:7

Sacrifice and offering you do not want; you opened my ears. Holocaust and sin-offering you do not request;

Psalm 50:8

Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, your burnt offerings are always 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 it is loyalty that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Judge with true justice, and show kindness and compassion toward each other.

Mark 12:33

And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel said: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to the Lord’s command? Obedience is better than sacrifice, to listen, better than the fat of rams.