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Proverbs 21:3 — To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than…
“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”
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The verses around Proverbs 21:3.
1The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Verse explanation
Notes that acting with justice in daily life matters more to God than formal religious rituals — ethical behavior comes before any ceremonial practice.
From the Proverbs 21 study in Bible in Stories.
Proverbs 21:3 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Fazer justiça e juizo é mais acceito ao Senhor do que lhe offerecer sacrificio.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Praticar justiça e juízo é mais aceitável ao SENHOR do que sacrifício.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Hacer lo recto y justo agrada al Señor más que los sacrificios.
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In other languages: Português (Provérbios 21:3) · Español (Proverbios 21:3)
More verses about justice
- Micah 6:8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to…
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- Psalms 89:14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- Amos 5:24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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