A moment in scripture
Proverbs 21:3
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To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
- Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
- Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.