Proverbs 21:3

To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Cross References (8)

  • 1 Samuel 15:22 (29)

    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Beho

  • Hosea 6:6 (25)

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  • Micah 6:6–8 (21)

    With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, wit

  • Proverbs 15:8 (21)

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

  • Mark 12:33 (19)

    and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbo

  • Jeremiah 7:21–23 (15)

    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the m

  • Isaiah 1:11–17 (15)

    “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa

  • Psalms 50:8 (10)

    I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.