Proverbs 21:3

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said: “Does Adonai delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Adonai? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay heed than the fat of rams.

Hosea 6:6

For I delight in loyalty and not sacrifice, knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Adonai, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Mark 12:33

And ‘to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love the neighbor as oneself,’ is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Psalm 50:8

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, for your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Psalm 40:7

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire —my ears You have opened— burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: ‘Administer true judgment and practice mercy and compassion each to his brother.