--- title: "9 Love Righteousness Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Love Righteousness quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Love Righteousness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/vance-havner-1699_christianity_men-love-everything-but-righteousness-an_708476.jpg" --- > [Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vance-havner/men-love-everything-but-righteousness-and-fear-everything-but-god/) [Vance Havner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vance-havner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/vance-havner-1699_christianity_men-love-everything-but-righteousness-an_708476.jpg) > [“Hate sin. Love righteousness of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/hate-sin-love-righteousness-of-god/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/lailah-gifty-akita-11_advice_hate-sin-love-righteousness-of-god-14839_1483960.jpg) > [“6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;     A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. 7 You love righteousness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyndale/6-your-throne-o-god-is-forever-and-ever-a-scepter-of-righteousness-is/) [Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyndale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/tyndale-16725_god_6-your-throne-o-god-is-forever-and-ever_2436044.jpg) > [If men would as fervently seek after love and righteousness as they do after opinions, there would be no strife on earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakob-bohme/if-men-would-as-fervently-seek-after-love-and-righteousness-as-they/) [Jakob Bohme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakob-bohme/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/jakob-bohme-12810_after_if-men-would-as-fervently-seek-after-lov_3183166.png) > [The challenges of life are before us and we cannot shy away from them, all that is required of a person is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-joseph/the-challenges-of-life-are-before-us-and-we-cannot-shy-away-from-them/) [Jesse Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/jesse-joseph-7961_life_the-challenges-of-life-are-before-us-and_896313.jpg) > [“throne, O God, endures forever and ever.                  Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;                  You love righteousness and hate wickedness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-d-ehrman/throne-o-god-endures-forever-and-ever-your-royal-scepter-is-a-scepter/) [Bart D. Ehrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-d-ehrman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/bart-d-ehrman-3928_justice_throne-o-god-endures-forever-and-ever-yo_605812.png) > [To love righteousness is to make it grow, not to avenge it. Throughout his life on earth, Jesus resisted every impulse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/to-love-righteousness-is-to-make-it-grow-not-to-avenge-it-throughout/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/george-macdonald-295_earth_to-love-righteousness-is-to-make-it-grow_2383457.jpg) > [Love of peace is common among weak, short-sighted, timid, and lazy persons; and on the other hand courage is found among many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/love-of-peace-is-common-among-weak-short-sighted-timid-and-lazy/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/theodore-roosevelt-218_age_love-of-peace-is-common-among-weak-short_72233.jpg) > [“George MacDonald made the following observation: Instead of crushing the power of evil by divine force; instead of compelling justice and destroying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/george-macdonald-made-the-following-observation-instead-of-crushing/) [Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/ravi-zacharias-1158_christianity_george-macdonald-made-the-following-obse_799577.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-righteousness/#itemlist", "name": "Love Righteousness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vance Havner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vance-havner/men-love-everything-but-righteousness-and-fear-everything-but-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/vance-havner-1699_christianity_men-love-everything-but-righteousness-an_708476.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/vance-havner-1699_christianity_men-love-everything-but-righteousness-an_708476.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/vance-havner-1699_christianity_men-love-everything-but-righteousness-an_708476.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.” — Vance Havner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hate sin. 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