Things God Loves

The stranger.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.

Righteousness

Psalms 11:7

For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.

Judgment

Psalms 37:28

For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;

The gates of zion

Psalms 87:2

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

The righteous

Psalms 146:8

The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

A cheerful giver

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Whom He chastens

Hebrews 12:6

because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”