Catholic Public Domain Version
"To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices. "
— Proverbs 21:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”
“ To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. ”
“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.”
“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”
“To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.”
“To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.”
“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”
Just as with the dividing of the waters, so also is the heart of the king in the hand of the Lord. He shall bend it whichever way he wills.
Every way of a man seems right to himself. But the Lord weighs hearts.
To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.
To lift up the eyes is to enlarge the heart. The lamp of the impious is sin.
The intentions of the robust continually bring forth abundance. But all the lazy are continually in need.
Whoever gathers treasures by a lying tongue is vain and heartless. And he will stumble into the snares of death.