Topic
Goodness
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Only--goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling <FI>is<Fi> in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.
I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!
How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,
And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.
The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.
or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!
And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God;
Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to all, And His mercies <FI>are<Fi> over all His works.
Good Thou <FI>art<Fi> , and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
For a sun and a shield <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.
and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?
`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness:'
and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.
and He saith, `I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'
Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;
because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,
And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.
Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell <FI>in<Fi> the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
And I am persuaded, my brethren--I myself also--concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish;
and who <FI>is<Fi> he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?
nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house; — read the full passage →
Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, <FI>is<Fi> His kindness,
in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →
Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
O the happiness of <FI>him whom<Fi> Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.
for the fruit of the Spirit <FI>is<Fi> in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →
and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,
Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'
if so be ye did taste that the Lord <FI>is<Fi> gracious,
The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.
And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →
Lo, then, goodness and severity of God--upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.
Answer me, O Jehovah, for good <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,
And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good, except One--God;
The desirableness of a man <FI>is<Fi> his kindness, And better <FI>is<Fi> the poor than a liar.
Jesus who <FI>is<Fi> from Nazareth--how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;
And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'
Righteous <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.
be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age <FI>are<Fi> they. — read the full passage →
All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;
Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness--every good path.
Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,
For good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!
Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens give good things to those asking him?
And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,
for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.
if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou <FI>art<Fi> ;' My good <FI>is<Fi> not for thine own sake;
As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,
And God seeth the light that <FI>it is<Fi> good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,
because nothing shall be impossible with God.'
Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.
Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.
As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul <FI>that<Fi> seeketh Him.
and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:
As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →
Also, without knowledge the soul <FI>is<Fi> not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--
for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,
every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,
To the Overseer. --An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God <FI>is<Fi> all the day.
For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;
and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear
Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God--Thy Spirit <FI>is<Fi> good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.
and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction. — read the full passage →
My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, — read the full passage →
who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time, — read the full passage →
for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →
and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;
`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness:' — read the full passage →
For Thou, Lord, <FI>art<Fi> good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith. — read the full passage →
They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. — read the full passage →
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
if to others I am not an apostle--yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: YLT.