Good

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.

You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.

The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.

She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

…saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.

Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.

I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

…and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.