Luke 5:39
Nor does any one after drinking old wine wish for new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"
Mark 7:7-13
But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'
Romans 4:11-12
Before, not after. And he received circumcision as a sign, a mark attesting the reality of the faith-righteousness which was his while still uncircumcised, that he might be the forefather of all those who believe even though they are uncircumcised--in order that this righteousness might be placed to their credit;
Hebrews 11:1-2
Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
Hebrews 11:39
And although by their faith all these people won God's approval, none of them received the fulfilment of His great promise;