Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Do what is right and fair; that pleases the LORD more than bringing him sacrifices. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims. Proverbs 15:8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable. 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams. Psalm 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight. Isaiah 1:11-17 To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats. . . . Jeremiah 7:21-23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh. . . . Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts. Micah 6:6-8 What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year old? . . . Mark 12:33 And that he should be loved with the whole heart and with the whole understanding and with the whole soul and with the whole strength. And to love one's neighbour as one's self is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices. Context The King's Heart…2Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts. 3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.4Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.… Cross References 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams. Proverbs 15:8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable. Isaiah 1:11 To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats. Isaiah 1:16 Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely, Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts. Micah 6:7 May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Micah 6:8 I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God. Jump to Previous Acceptable Chosen Desired Exercise Judgment Justice Offering Pleasing Rather Right Righteousness Sacrifice True.Jump to Next Acceptable Chosen Desired Exercise Judgment Justice Offering Pleasing Rather Right Righteousness Sacrifice True.Links Proverbs 21:3 NIVProverbs 21:3 NLT Proverbs 21:3 ESV Proverbs 21:3 NASB Proverbs 21:3 Bible Apps Proverbs 21:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 21:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 21:3 French Bible Proverbs 21:3 German Bible Alphabetical: acceptable and by desired do is just justice LORD more right righteousness sacrifice than the To what OT Poetry: Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |