World English Bible
Proverbs 21:3
“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 21
1
The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
4
A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.