I asked myself, what are the top 100 biblical values. Here's a shot.
The Pentateuch
1. In the beginning, God (Gen. 1:1).
2. The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in faithfulness, changes his mind about judgment (Exod. 34:6-7; Ps. 86:15; Jon. 4:2).
3. Love for God is a total demand (Deut. 6:4).
4. All humans bear God's image and so intrinsically valuable (Gen. 1:26-27).
5. God charged humanity with care for his creation (Gen. 1:28; 2:15).
6. God has a threshold for human wickedness -- particularly when it comes to violence, injustice, and the blood of the vulnerable. He saves what good remains (Noah, Lot) and abandons the rest to destruction (Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah).
7. God is faithful to those who trust in him like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph (Gen. 12-50).
8. God hears the cry of the oppressed, the slave, and the stranger. He acts to liberate (Exod 2:23-25).
9. God cannot be contained (Exod. 3:14).
10. Care for the poor, the immigrant, and the servant is non-negotiable (Lev. 19:9-10; Deut. 10:18; Ruth; Ps. 10, 72, 82; Prov. 14:31; Isa. 1:17).
Joshua-2 Chronicles
11. God goes with his people wherever they are (Josh. 1:9).
12. Humanity's natural tendency is to deteriorate into idolatry, self-destruction, and chaos (Judg. 2:16-19).
13. We look on the outward appearance; God looks on the heart (1 Sam. 16:7).
14. No one, not even a king, is beyond moral consequences (2 Sam. 11-12).
15. God will let a people self-destruct into ruin if they insist (2 Kings 17, 25).
16. Prophets speak truth to power regardless of the cost (1 Kings 18, 22).
17. Humility leads to restoration; pride to destruction (2 Chron. 7:14).
Psalms-Song of Songs
18. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord (Ps. 150:6).
19. God welcomes us to share laments, complaints, and sorrows (Ps. 88).
20. God wants to hear our anger and frustrations -- especially at injustice -- but he commands us not to sin in our anger (Ps. 137; Eph. 4:26).
21. The LORD is our shepherd (Ps. 23).
22. We should long for God to create a clean heart and renew a right spirit in us (Ps. 51).
23. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom (Prov. 1:7).
24. Pride stands at the root of most human folly (Prov. 11:2).
25. Without God, life is empty (Eccl. 2:11).
26. Physical love is a blessing from God (Song of Songs 8:6-7).
Isaiah-Daniel
27. God is utterly holy (Isaiah 6:1-8).
28. God delights in restoring his people (Isa. 40:1-5).
29. God can bring redemption through suffering (Isa. 53).
30. Outward forms of religion are detestable to God when they mask injustice and exploitation (Jer. 7:1-11).
31. Great is God's faithfulness (Lam. 3:23).
32. Everyone bears responsibility for their choices as an individual (Ezek. 18:20).
33. God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 18:23; 33:11).
34. Human kingdoms are temporary (Dan. 2, 7).
Hosea-Malachi
35. God relentlessly pursues the lost and wayward (Hos. 1-3).
36. God wants genuine repentance, not fake performances (Joel 2:12-13).
37. Let justice roll down like waters. God indicts those who sell the righteous for silver and trample the poor (Amos 2:6-7; 4:1; 5:24; 8:4-6).
38. God's love knows no ethnic or national boundaries (Jon. 3-4).
39. What the LORD requires of us is to do justice, to love mercy, and walk humbly with our God (Mic. 6:8).
40. Those who are righteous live in faithfulness, regardless of the wickedness and destruction around us (Hab. 2:4).
41. God's purposes are accomplished not by might nor by power but by God's Holy Spirit (Zech. 4:6).
Matthew
42. Jesus did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it (Matt. 5:17).
43. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you (Matt. 5:44).
44. You cannot serve God and money (Matt. 6:24).
45. Pray in submission to the Father, recognizing his holiness, inviting his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven (Matt. 6:9-13).
46. Not everyone who says they follow God actually do follow God (Matt. 7:21-23; 13:24-30; 25:45-46).
47. The one who does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. The one who finds their life will lose it, but the one who loses their life for my sake will find it (Matt. 10:38-39).
48. Love God and love neighbor -- all the commandments depend on these two (Matt. 22:36-40).
Mark
49. The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).
Luke
50. God scatters the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He puts down the mighty from their thrones. He exalts those of low degree. He fills the hungry with good things, but the rich he sends empty away (Luke 1:51-53).
51. The Spirit of the Lord is on me to proclaim good news to the poor, release to the captives, sight to the blind, liberty to the oppressed, and to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor (Luke 4:18-19).
52. Whoever the Samaritan is in your life, that is the neighbor that you must love (Luke 10:25-37).
53. No matter how far you stray from God, he will take you back with open arms. And those who have remained in his house must not begrudge his grace to sinners (Luke 15:11-32).
John
54. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that whoever trusts in him will not perish but have everlasting life. He didn't send his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world, through him, might be saved (John 3:16-17).
55. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him (John 14:6).
56. God has sent us the Spirit of truth, who leads us into all truth and convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 14:16-17; 16:7-13).
Acts
57. God raised Jesus from the dead... and has made him Lord and Christ (Acts 2:32, 36).
58. The appropriate response is to repent of our sins, to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and to receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38).
59. Believers come together in unity. They share their possessions with those in need. They fellowship and break bread together. They praise God together. Signs and wonders follow, along with evangelism (Acts 2:43-47).
60. We must obey God rather than earthly authorities when the two conflict (Acts 5:29).
Romans
61. All have sinned and are lacking the glory of God. The wages of sin are death. All humanity is accountable before God (Rom. 1:18-20; 3:23; 6:23).
62. The good news of Jesus the Messiah is the power of God that leads to salvation for everyone who has faith. This trust in what God has done in Christ is the basis for our right standing with God (Rom. 1:16-17; 4:5; 10:9).
63. We are baptized into the death of Jesus so that we can be raised to newness of life (Rom. 6:4).
64. Thanks be to God! Through Jesus Christ our Lord we can fulfill the righteous expectation of the Law (Rom. 7:25; 8:1-4).
65. In eternity, all things will end well for those who love God and who have responded to his call (Rom. 8:29).
66. Present your entire bodies as living sacrifices to God. Meanwhile, don't let your mind be conformed to worldly thinking but let it be transformed by God's renewing (Rom. 12:1-2).
1 and 2 Corinthians
67. The center of Paul's preaching was the cross -- Christ defeated death and Sin not through strength but through weakness (1 Cor. 1:23-25).
68. What we do with our bodies matters. Our bodies collectively and individually constitute the body of Christ (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
69. God can give you the strength to bear temptation (1 Cor. 10:13).
70. Do everything to the glory of God. Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus (1 Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17).
71. Love is the greatest of virtues (1 Cor. 13).
72. Without the resurrection, Christian faith collapses (1 Cor. 15:14-19).
73. The Holy Spirit is the downpayment that guarantees our future inheritance. He is God's seal of ownership on us (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5).
74. God made the one who knew no sin to become sin so that we might become the righteousness of God (2 Cor. 5:21).
Galatians
75. In Christ there are no racial, ethnic, social, or sexual boundaries -- we are all of the same value and status to God (Gal. 3:28; cf. Acts 8, 10, 13; Rev. 7:9).
76. Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of your flesh (Gal. 5:16).
Prison Epistles
77. By God's grace we have been rescued, on the basis of our faith. It is a gift of God. We do good works in thanks (Eph. 2:8-10).
78. There is one God, one Lord, one Spirit. There is one body, one faith, one baptism (Eph. 4:4-6).
79. Speak the truth in love (Eph. 4:15).
80. Submit to one another (Eph. 5:21).
81. Have the same attitude as Jesus, who took the form of a servant (Phil. 2:6-7).
82. Strive to make your way toward salvation -- the Spirit is working inside us. Press on toward the goal of that upward calling in Christ Jesus (Phil. 2:12; 3:14).
83. Our citizenship is in heaven, not on earth (Phil. 3:20; cf. Heb. 11:10, 16; 13:14; 1 Pet. 2:11).
84. Do not pursue superficial religion that focuses on the earthly while boasting falsely of the heavenly (Col. 2:8, 16-19).
85. Put to death the ungodly aspects of the earth and put on the new clothes of the heavenly (Col. 3:5-17).
1 and 2 Thessalonians
86. The dead in Christ will rise first. We will assemble with them in the air with Christ, and we will be with the Lord forever (1 Thess. 4:16-17).
87. Those who can work for the mutual benefit of the church should do so if they expect to participate in the fruits (2 Thess. 3:10).
The Pastoral Epistles
88. God would love for everyone to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4).
89. Church leaders need to be individuals of character (1 Tim. 3).
90. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil (1 Tim. 6:10).
91. All Scripture is life-giving and is beneficial for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness (2 Tim. 3:16).
Hebrews and the General Epistles
92. Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses as a great high priest (Heb. 4:15; 10:14).
93. There is no longer any need for an earthly priest, sanctuary, or sacrifice, for Christ has accomplished all atonement for all time (Heb. 10:14).
94. You can genuinely begin the Christian journey and yet not make it to the Promised Land because of unbelief or falling away (Heb. 3, 6).
95. God does not tempt anyone to do evil. We are responsible for our evil choices, not God (Jas. 1:13-15).
96. Faith without works is useless (Jas 2:14-17).
97. Live such good lives in the world that they may see your good deeds and glorify God (1 Pet. 2:12).
98. Always be ready to witness to the hope that you have (1 Pet. 3:15-16).
99. God is love (1 John 4:7-8).
100. God wins (Revelation).
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