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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 21:3
Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Doing what is righteous and justis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Doing what is righteous and justis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
English Standard Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the LORD more than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the LORD more than sacrifice.
New Century Version
Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.
Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.
Amplified Bible
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
World English Bible
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
Legacy Standard Bible
To do righteousness and justiceIs chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justiceIs chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.
Berean Standard Bible
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Contemporary English Version
Doing what is right and fair pleases the Lord more than an offering.
Doing what is right and fair pleases the Lord more than an offering.
Complete Jewish Bible
To do what is right and just is more pleasing to Adonai than sacrifice.
To do what is right and just is more pleasing to Adonai than sacrifice.
Darby Translation
To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Easy-to-Read Version
Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices.
Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices.
George Lamsa Translation
He who does righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than he who offers a sacrifice.
He who does righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than he who offers a sacrifice.
Good News Translation
Do what is right and fair; that pleases the Lord more than bringing him sacrifices.
Do what is right and fair; that pleases the Lord more than bringing him sacrifices.
Lexham English Bible
Doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Literal Translation
For Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice is to be chosen more than sacrifice.
For Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice is to be chosen more than sacrifice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.
To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.
American Standard Version
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Bible in Basic English
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
To doe iustice and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lord, then sacrifice.
To doe iustice and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lord, then sacrifice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
English Revised Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To do merci and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen.
To do merci and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen.
Update Bible Version
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Webster's Bible Translation
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
New English Translation
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.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.
The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.
New Life Bible
To do what is right and good and fair is more pleasing to the Lord than gifts given on the altar in worship.
To do what is right and good and fair is more pleasing to the Lord than gifts given on the altar in worship.
New Revised Standard
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To do righteousness and justice, is more choice to Yahweh than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice, is more choice to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
Revised Standard Version
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.
Young's Literal Translation
To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
Contextual Overview
3 Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.
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
Cross-References
Genesis 17:19
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
Genesis 22:2
He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you."
He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you."
Joshua 24:3
Israel served God through the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had themselves experienced all that God had done for Israel. Joseph's bones, which the People of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the plot of ground that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor (who was the father of Shechem). He paid a hundred silver coins for it. It belongs to the inheritance of the family of Joseph. Eleazar son of Aaron died. They buried him at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the mountains of Ephraim.
Israel served God through the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had themselves experienced all that God had done for Israel. Joseph's bones, which the People of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the plot of ground that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor (who was the father of Shechem). He paid a hundred silver coins for it. It belongs to the inheritance of the family of Joseph. Eleazar son of Aaron died. They buried him at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the mountains of Ephraim.
Matthew 1:2
Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers, Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram, Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon, Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse, Jesse had David, and David became king. David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother), Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa, Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah, Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz, Ahaz had Hezekiah, Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon, Amon had Josiah, Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile. When the Babylonian exile ended, Jeconiah had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel had Abiud, Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor, Azor had Zadok, Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud, Eliud had Eleazar, Eleazar had Matthan, Matthan had Jacob, Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ. There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ. The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced. While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—‘God saves'—because he will save his people from their sins." This would bring the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term: Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us"). Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God's angel commanded in the dream: He married Mary. But he did not consummate the marriage until she had the baby. He named the baby Jesus.
Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers, Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram, Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon, Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse, Jesse had David, and David became king. David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother), Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa, Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah, Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz, Ahaz had Hezekiah, Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon, Amon had Josiah, Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile. When the Babylonian exile ended, Jeconiah had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel had Abiud, Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor, Azor had Zadok, Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud, Eliud had Eleazar, Eleazar had Matthan, Matthan had Jacob, Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ. There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ. The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced. While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—‘God saves'—because he will save his people from their sins." This would bring the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term: Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us"). Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God's angel commanded in the dream: He married Mary. But he did not consummate the marriage until she had the baby. He named the baby Jesus.
Acts 7:8
"Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign.
"Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign.
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.
