5 You must keep my statutes and my judicial decisions; anyone who does so will live by means of them.+ I am Jehovah.

22 Samuel then said: “Does Jehovah take as much pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices+ as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Look! To obey is better than a sacrifice,+ and to pay attention than the fat+ of rams;

21 “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens, but only the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will.+

7 Little children, let no one mislead you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.