King James Version
Proverbs 21:3 in the King James Version says “To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”
Proverbs 21:3 · KJV
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. An: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes the plowing: or, the light
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“justice”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
“and judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“to the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“than sacrifice”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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