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Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3 · King James Version
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Proverbs 21:3 in other translations
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.
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 the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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