Romans 12:9

Living In Love

⁸ if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. ⁹ Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good, ¹⁰ being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor,

Cling to What is Good

What is Good

Hold Fast To What Is Good

That Which Is Good

1 Timothy 1:5

But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a faith without hypocrisy,

Psalm 34:14

Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate; perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious [to] the remnant of Joseph.

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,

Psalm 97:10

You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He protects the lives of his faithful; he delivers them from [the] hand of [the] wicked.

Psalm 101:3

I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.

2 Corinthians 6:6

in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love without hypocrisy,

2 Samuel 20:9-10

Then Joab said to Amasa, "Is it peace, O you my brother?" Then the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amasa [as if] to kiss him.

Psalm 36:4

He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.

Psalm 45:7

You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.

Psalm 55:21

The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.

Psalm 119:104

From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood; I love your law.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Yahweh [is] hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.

Proverbs 26:25

When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you {as people do}, and they sit {before you}, and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they [are] showing passion in their mouth, but their heart [is] going after ill-gotten gain.

Matthew 26:49

And he came up to Jesus immediately [and] said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.

John 12:6

(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)

Acts 11:23

who, [when he] arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged [them] all to remain true to the Lord with {devoted hearts},

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not saying [this] as a command, but proving the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation [is] not from error or from impurity or with deceit,

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward one another and toward all [people].

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but examine all [things]; hold fast to [what is] good.

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; because of this God, your God, has anointed you with the olive oil of joy more than your companions.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

James 2:15-16

If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,

1 Peter 3:10-11

For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.

1 John 3:18-20

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.