3To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.


In Context

1 The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: 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 exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

4 Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp 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.

Proverbs 21:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.