Deuteronomy 6:5-6
6:5 You must love
the
Lord your God with your whole mind,
your whole being,
and all your strength.
Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles
6:6 These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
An Exhortation to Love Both God and People
10:12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
10:13 and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?
John 14:15
Teaching on the Holy Spirit
14:15 “If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
John 14:21-23
14:21 The person who has my commandments and obeys
them is the one who loves me.
The one
who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal
myself to him.”
14:22 “Lord,” Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
John 15:14
15:14 You are my friends
if you do what I command you.
Romans 8:28
8:28 And we know that all things work together
for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
James 1:25
1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there,
and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he
will be blessed in what he does.
James 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!
James 5:2-3
5:2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
5:3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!