26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 (ESV)
3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 82:3-4 (ESV)
10 For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
Psalm 84:10-11 (ESV)
11 Teach me your way, O LORD,
that I may walk in your truth;
unite my heart to fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 (ESV)
3 I will not set before my eyes
anything that is worthless.
Psalm 101:3a (ESV)
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to do it.
Proverbs 3:27 (ESV)
16 There are six things that the LORD hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)
12 Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense,
but a man of understanding remains silent.
Proverbs 11:12 (ESV)
1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:1 (ESV)
16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD;
than great treasure and trouble with it.
Proverbs 15:16 (ESV)
2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 18:2 (ESV)
1 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD;
he turns it wherever he will.
Proverbs 21:1 (ESV)
3 You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,
4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (ESV)