DAY 13 OF 21 · Wisdom for daily life
Justice and Mercy
God values righteous treatment of people above religious activity used to excuse injustice.
PRIMARY PASSAGE
Proverbs 21:1–3
Read this passage slowly in your Bible before continuing. My Daily Altar uses the King James Version for its English Scripture experience.
BIBLICAL CONTEXT
Listen to the passage on its own terms.
Proverbs places doing justice and judgment above sacrifice. Worship that does not shape how vulnerable or inconvenient people are treated has missed God’s heart.
Reflect
Who may experience the cost of a decision I make?
Respond
Consider one decision from the perspective of the person with the least power.
Pray
Righteous God, make me just, merciful, and attentive to those easily overlooked.
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