What actions or qualities lead to God’s approval?

Proverbs 12:2The Lord approves of those who are good, but he condemns those who plan wickedness.

Romans 2:13Merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.

Romans 3:30There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

Faith in God and obedience to his revealed Word leads to receiving approval from him.