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


In Context

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.

2 All a man's ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart.

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

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:3To exercise justice and judgment 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.