God tells us what He loves
Many Bible verses in both old testament and new testament shows us how to live Godly lives.
Zechariah 7:9–10 Here is what the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, has to say: “Dispense true justice, have mercy on others, and show all people compassion. Do not take advantage of those who have lost a spouse or a parent, or those who are outsiders or poor. Don’t purpose to do evil toward your fellow Israelites.”
Zechariah 8:16–17 Here are the things you must do: Speak truth to each other. Pursue justice in your courts. Render decisions that reflect truth and bring peace to the community. Do not conspire to bring harm against one another. Do not make promises you don’t intend to keep. I hate all these things.
Amos 5:14–16 Search for good and not for evil so that you may live; That way the Eternal God, the Commander of heavenly armies, will be at your side, as you yourselves have even said. Hate what is evil, and love all that is good; apply His laws justly in the courts at the city gates, And it may be that the Eternal God, the Commander of heavenly armies, will have mercy on those descendants of Joseph who survived.
Amos 5:24 Here’s what I want: Let justice thunder down like a waterfall; let righteousness flow like a mighty river that never runs dry.
Micah 6:8 No. He has told you, mortals, what is good in His sight. What else does the Eternal ask of you But to live justly and to love kindness and to walk with your True God in all humility?
Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the Eternal. Only He can save you, Judah. Call out to Him, all who realize their lowly places on the earth, All who are trying to live by His teaching. Pursue what is just and chase after true humility. Maybe, just maybe, the Eternal will hide and protect you from what will happen on that terrible day when His anger is unleashed.
Malachi 2:5–7 My covenant with Levi was filled with life and peace, and I gave those gifts to him out of respect. He feared Me, and he was in awe of My name and all I was purported to be. He spoke the law of truth, and falsehood was not found on his lips. In peace and justice he walked with Me, and he turned many from iniquity by his words and example; the lips of the priest should be a gateway to knowledge, and the laypeople should seek the law from his mouth because he is the messenger of the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies.
1 John 3:17–18 If a person owns the kinds of things we need to make it in the world but refuses to share with those in need, is it even possible that God’s love lives in him? My little children, don’t just talk about love as an idea or a theory. Make it your true way of life, and live in the pattern of gracious love.
1 Peter 3:11 Walk away from the evil things in the world — just leave them behind, and do what is right, and always seek peace and pursue it.
1 Timothy 6:11 Timothy, don’t let this happen to you — run away from these things! You are a man of God. Your quest is for justice, godliness, faithfulness, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
1 Thessalonians 2:10 Both you and God can confirm how well we treated the believers: we were always holy, just, and blameless.
2 Corinthians 7:10–11 Now this type of deep sorrow, godly sorrow, is not so much about regret; but it is about producing a change of mind and behavior[a] that ultimately leads to salvation. But the other type of sorrow, worldly sorrow, often is fleeting and only brings death. Look at what is happening among you! Notice how authentic and diligent you have become because this godly sorrow has been at work in your community. But there’s more: your desire to clear your name, your righteous anger, your respect, your longing, your zeal, and your concern for justice. All these demonstrate how you have been made clean.
1 Corinthians 15:34 Come to your senses, live justly, and stop sinning. It’s true that some have no knowledge of God. I am saying this to shame you into better habits.
Matthew 23:23 So woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees. You hypocrites! You tithe from your luxuries and your spices, giving away a tenth of your mint, your dill, and your cumin. But you have ignored the essentials of the law: justice, mercy, faithfulness. It is practice of the latter that makes sense of the former.
Luke 11:42 Woe to you, Pharisees! Judgment will come on you! You are fastidious about tithing — keeping account of every little leaf of mint and herb — but you neglect what really matters: justice and the love of God! If you’d get straight on what really matters, then your fastidiousness about little things would be worth something.
Acts 13:9–11 Saul, who is also known as Paul, was suddenly full of the Holy Spirit. He stared directly into Elymas’s face.
Paul: You’re a son of the devil. You’re an enemy of justice, you’re full of lies, and you steal opportunities from others. Why do you insist on confusing and twisting the clear, straight paths of the Lord? Hear this, Elymas: the Lord’s hand is against you, and you will be as blind as a bat for a period of time, beginning right now!
At that instant, it was as if a mist came over Elymas and then total darkness. He stumbled around, groping for a hand so he could be led back home.
