II Kings 12:3 Jewish Thought: Duties

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוֹאָ֧שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה כָּל־יָמָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרָ֔הוּ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Duties of the Heart

(4) That one abandons sin out of a feeling of shame from the Creator, and not out of fear of human beings or because one hopes for some benefit from them, or out of being ashamed of them. He should not be like those which the verse speaks of: "with their lips they honor Me, but their heart is far away from Me. their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote"(Yeshaya 29:13), and "Yehoash did what was proper in the eyes of the L-rd all the days that Yehoyada the priest instructed him" (Melachim II 12:3, which implies after the death of Yehoyada, his teacher, he stopped doing what was proper).
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