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Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 21:3 in other translations
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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In context
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
4 A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
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