Bible verse
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 21.
1 The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
2 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
KJV
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
ASV
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
ERV
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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