Spreuken 21:3

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Rechtschapen en deugdzaam handelen is aan den Heer liever dan offers.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Rechtvaardigheid en recht te doen is den Heer aangenamer dan offer.

Staten Vertaling
Gerechtigheid en recht te doen is bij den HEERE uitgelezener dan offer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 15:8, 1 Samuel 15:22, Psalms 50:8, Isaiah 1:11-17, Jeremiah 7:21-23, Hosea 6:6, Micah 6:6-8, Mark 12:33

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:29 - Moses Judges 20:8 - We will not 1 Samuel 13:9 - he offered 1 Samuel 20:24 - the king 2 Chronicles 9:8 - to do judgment Jeremiah 22:15 - and do Ezekiel 18:5 - that Ezekiel 45:10 - General Hosea 12:6 - keep Amos 5:24 - let Micah 6:8 - to do Zechariah 7:9 - saying Zechariah 14:20 - shall there Matthew 9:13 - I will Matthew 23:23 - the weightier Luke 11:42 - and pass Ephesians 5:10 - acceptable

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To do justice and judgment,.... The moral duties of religion, what is holy, just, and good, which the law requires; what is agreeably to both tables, piety towards God, and justice to men; that which is just and right between man and man; which, especially if done from right principles and with right views,

[is] more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice; not than any sacrifice; than the sacrifice of a broken heart, or the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, or of acts of goodness and beneficence, or of a man's whole self to the Lord; but than ceremonial sacrifices; which, though of divine institution, and typical of Christ, and when offered up in the faith of him, were acceptable to God, while in force; yet not when done without faith and in hypocrisy, and especially when done to cover and countenance immoral actions; and, even when compared with moral duties, the latter were preferable to them; see 1 Samuel 15:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The words have a special significance as coming from the king who had built the temple, and had offered sacrifices that could not be numbered for multitude” 1 Kings 8:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:3. To do justice and judgment — The words of Samuel to Saul. 1 Samuel 15:23.