Good

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

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

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 →

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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.

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

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

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

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 →

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

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 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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 →

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

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.

With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.

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 →

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

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.”

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. — read the full passage →

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God. — read the full passage →

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.”

Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. — read the full passage →

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face. — read the full passage →

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 →

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise. — read the full passage →

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! — read the full passage →

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. — read the full passage →

Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders; — read the full passage →

and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness. — 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 →

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. — read the full passage →

It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High; — read the full passage →

I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings. — read the full passage →

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. — read the full passage →

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, — read the full passage →

He said, “Please show me your glory.” — read the full passage →

and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. — 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 →

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” — 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.