Proverbs 21:3
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2 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.
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- gjøre rett og skjel er mere verdt for Herren enn offer.
- OTB
- Å handle med rettferdighet og rett er mer ønskelig for Herren enn offer.
- B1930
- Å gjøre rett og skjel er mere verdt for Herren enn offer.
- BSB
- To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- KJV
- To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- WEB
- To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- ASV
- To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
- DARBY
- To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
- BLB
- To do righteousness and justice is chosen of YHWH above sacrifice.
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Kryssreferanser
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Les i sammenhengHosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Les i sammenhengMicah 6:6–8
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Les i sammenhengMark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Les i sammenhengJeremiah 7:21–23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 1:11–17
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 50:8
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
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