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Psalms 11:7
For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will see His face.
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
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Jeremiah 9:24
but let the one who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises mercy, justice, and righteousness on the earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord.
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Psalms 25:8-12
The Lord is good and upright; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way.All the paths of the Lord are faithfulness and truth To those who comply with His covenant and His testimonies.For the sake of Your name, Lord, Forgive my wrongdoing, for it is great.Who is the person who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
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Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
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Jeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts, so that they will not turn away from Me.
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Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loves justice And does not abandon His godly ones; They are protected forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated.
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Zechariah 8:16-17
These are the things which you shall do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace at your gates.Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these things are what I hate,’ declares the Lord.”
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Psalms 99:4
The strength of the King loves justice; You have established order; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
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1 Samuel 15 21-1 Samuel 15 24
But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things designated for destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”Samuel said,“ Does the Lord have as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than a sacrifice, And to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.For rebellion is as reprehensible as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as reprehensible as false religion and idolatry. Since you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king.”Then Saul said to Samuel,“ I have sinned, for I have violated the command of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.
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Genesis 17:7
I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
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2 Samuel 23 5
Is my house not indeed so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Properly ordered in all things, and secured; For will He not indeed make All my salvation and all my delight grow?
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Psalms 33:5
He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
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Hebrews 13:20-21
Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, that is, Jesus our Lord,equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
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Isaiah 5:16
But the Lord of armies will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
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Psalms 45:7
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions.
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Psalms 50:5
“ Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
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Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you.
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Amos 5:21-24
“ I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your festive assemblies.Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened oxen.Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.But let justice roll out like waters, And righteousness like an ever flowing stream.
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Matthew 23:13
“ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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2 Thessalonians 3 5
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the perseverance of Christ.
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Jeremiah 7:8-11
“ Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail.Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say,‘ We are saved!’— so that you may do all these abominations?Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I Myself have seen it,” declares the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:11-13
“ What are your many sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord.“ I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fattened cattle; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.When you come to appear before Me, Who requires of you this trampling of My courtyards?Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and Sabbath, the proclamation of an assembly— I cannot endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly.