Translations
Louis Segond 1910
La pratique de la justice et de l'équité, Voilà ce que l'Eternel préfère aux sacrifices.
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To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
us ejus (Prov. XXV, 5) . Item: Facere misericordiam et judicium magis placet Domino, quam victimae (Prov. XXI, 3) . Et infra: Rapinae impiorum detrahent eos, quia noluerunt facere judicium (Ibid. v. 7) . Item ibidem: Qui sequitur justitiam et misericordiam, inveniet vitam, justi…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
ericordiam judicaret. Verum non est sapientia, non est prudentia, non est consilium contra Dominum (Prov. XXI, 3) . Erexit ergo se Christus, daturus sententiam: docens rectos esse debere eos qui condemnare volunt reos; erexit se, et, salva misericordia, judicavit justitiam [Not…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
. Et [Col. 1225D] Salomon ait: Facere misericordiam et judicium magis placet Deo quam sacrificium (Prov. XXI, 3) . Misericordia facit locum unicuique secundum meritum operum suorum. Miseratio hominis circa se, et circa proximum suum: misericordia autem Domini super omnem carnem…
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