Good

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

He said to him, “Why do you call me good?No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.

Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; — read the full passage →

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him. — read the full passage →

Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. — read the full passage →

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin. — read the full passage →

For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? — read the full passage →

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. — read the full passage →

and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, “Sit here in a good place”; and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”; — read the full passage →

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? — read the full passage →

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up. — read the full passage →

Then don’t let your good be slandered, — read the full passage →

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse. — read the full passage →

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, — read the full passage →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer; — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? — read the full passage →

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. — read the full passage →

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter. — read the full passage →

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.” — read the full passage →

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing. — read the full passage →

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; — read the full passage →

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. — read the full passage →

All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. — read the full passage →

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.