Proverbs 21:3 · KJV
“To do justice and judgment {is} more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”
— Proverbs 21:3
Every way of a man {is} right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
An high look, and a proud heart, {and} the plowing of the wicked, {is} sin. {An...: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes} {the plowing: or, the light}
Proverbs 21 — Context
The 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. {An...: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes} {the plowing: or, the light}
5The thoughts of the diligent {tend} only to plenteousness; but of every one {that is} hasty only to want.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD {as great} delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey {is} better than sacrifice, {and} to hearken than the fat of rams.
Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked {is} an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright {is} his delight.
Micah 6:6-8
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, {and} bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? {of a...: Heb. sons of a year?}
Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love {his} neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Jeremiah 7:21-23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
Isaiah 1:11-17
To what purpose {is} the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. {he goats: Heb. great he goats}
Psalms 50:8
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, {to have been} continually before me.