He [the Lord] has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
MICAH 6:8 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)
Hesed
Mishpat – Justice
Tzedakah- Righteousness
Shalom – Peace
Selected verses from PSALM 107 (NIV)
v.1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love [hesed] endures forever.
v. 21 Let them [those who rebelled then cried out to the Lord and He saved them from the grave] give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love [hesed] and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
v. 31 Let them [sailors in storms calmed by the Lord] give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love [hesed] and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
v. 43 Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds [hesed] of the Lord.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
Psalm 23 – New King James Version (NKJV)
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God,
and God in them.
1 John 4:16 (NIV)
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not
know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for
our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
1 John 4:7-12 (NIV)