Proverbs 21:3

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 40:7

Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

Psalm 50:8

I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.

Zechariah 7:9

“The Lord who rules over all said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

Mark 12:33

And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.