Proverbs 21:3 - Easy To Read Version

Do the things that are right and fair. The Lord loves that better than sacrifices.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

To do justice and judgment Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. [I Sam. 15:22; Prov. 15:8; Isa. 1:11; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:7, 8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Common English Bible

Acting with righteousness and justice is more valued by the LORD than sacrifice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

Proverbs 21:3 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 40:7

So I said,\par “Here \{I am! Take me.\}\par I am coming.\par This was written about me in the book.\par

Psalm 50:8

I am not complaining about your sacrifices. {\cf2\super [299]} \par You people of Israel bring me your\par burnt offerings all the time.\par You give them to me every day.\par

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the offerings that evil people give. But the Lord is happy to hear a good person’s prayers.

Hosea 6:6

Why? Because I want faithful love,\par not sacrifice,\par \{I want people\} to know God,\par not \{to bring\} burnt offerings.\par

Zechariah 7:9

The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par “You must do what is right and fair.\par You must be kind and merciful to each other.\par

Mark 12:33

And a person must love God with all his heart, all his mind, and all his strength. And a person must love other people the same as he loves himself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel answered, “Which pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices [138] or obeying the Lord’s command? It is better to obey God than to offer sacrifices to him. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat from rams.