Romans 12:9

Living In Love

⁸ or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. ⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. ¹⁰ In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Cling to What is Good

What is Good

Hold Fast To What Is Good

That Which Is Good

1 Timothy 1:5

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Psalm 97:10

O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Psalm 101:3

I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

2 Corinthians 6:6

in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

2 Samuel 20:9-10

And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

Psalm 36:4

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 45:7

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

Psalm 119:104

Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 26:25

When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

Matthew 26:49

And straightway he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.

John 12:6

Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

Acts 11:23

who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:

2 Corinthians 8:8

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Hebrews 12:14

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

James 2:15-16

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

1 Peter 3:10-11

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

1 Peter 4:8

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

1 John 3:18-20

My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.