Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Miscellaneous works - Page 48by Joseph Hall - 1808Full view - About this book
| 1894 - 606 pages
...Bible. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. — Proverbs. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. —-Proverbs. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers... | |
| Ethics - 1905 - 572 pages
...sacrifices of God are a broken spirit." "The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord." "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice." "For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." This •quotation... | |
| 1902 - 538 pages
...more in the inward spirit of benevolence and charity, than in the bare outward observances of the law: "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice." (Proverbs 21:3). "For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."... | |
| Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...whithersoever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. 3 said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The day 4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. 5 The thoughts of the diligent... | |
| Arnold J. Cohen - Civil law (Jewish law) - 1991 - 358 pages
...they are one and the same in the Torah — of equal status. Moreover, in the words of the Preacher, "to do Justice and Judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice,"7 and it is this our Sages had in mind in their statement "that every judge who judges truly... | |
| Allan Peskin - Biography & Autobiography - 1978 - 748 pages
...pressed his lips to the book where it had fallen open — at the twenty-first chapter of Proverbs: "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice." And then James Abram Garfield, twentieth President of the United States of America, bent to kiss the... | |
| Dagobert D. Runes - Fiction - 2001 - 308 pages
...whithersoever he will. 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. A high look, and a proud heart, and the ploughing of the wicked, is sin. The thoughts of the diligent... | |
| Craig Payne - Religion - 2002 - 402 pages
...(Prov. 20:24, 27) Every way of humans is right in their own eyes; but the Lord ponders the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. (Prov. 21:2-3) I am diligent in rny labors, and so my thoughts tend only to plenteousness; the thoughts... | |
| John Phillips - Religion - 2002 - 648 pages
...once (Acts 8:9-24) . b. What Really Counts (21:3-4) Proverbs 21:3 tells us what is acceptable to God: "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice." This statement reminds me of King Saul and the Amalekites, descendants of Esau who were confirmed enemies... | |
| Ernest Verity - Religion - 2003 - 602 pages
...please God. If we have reason to believe it will not be acceptable with God, we must not do it. 21:3, To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. When Saul defied the specific command of God, he had many good reasons, in his own view. His "way"... | |
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