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Sprueche 21:3

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Sprueche 21:3 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:3

To do justice and judgment
The moral duties of religion, what is holy, just, and good, which the law requires; what is agreeably to both tables, piety towards God, and justice to men; that which is just and right between man and man; which, especially if done from right principles and with right views, [is] more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice;
not than any sacrifice; than the sacrifice of a broken heart, or the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, or of acts of goodness and beneficence, or of a man's whole self to the Lord; but than ceremonial sacrifices; which, though of divine institution, and typical of Christ, and when offered up in the faith of him, were acceptable to God, while in force; yet not when done without faith and in hypocrisy, and especially when done to cover and countenance immoral actions; and, even when compared with moral duties, the latter were preferable to them; see ( 1 Samuel 15:22 ) ( Mark 12:33 ) .

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Sprueche 21:3 In-Context

1 Gleich Wasserbächen ist eines Königs Herz in der Hand Jehovas; wohin immer er will, neigt er es.
2 Jeder Weg eines Mannes ist gerade in seinen Augen, aber Jehova wägt die Herzen.
3 Gerechtigkeit und Recht üben ist Jehova angenehmer als Opfer.
4 Stolz der Augen und Hochmut des Herzens, die Leuchte der Gesetzlosen, sind Sünde.
5 Die Gedanken des Fleißigen führen nur zum Überfluß; und jeder, der hastig ist, es ist nur zum Mangel.
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