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100 Bible Verses about Goodness

Psalm 23:6 ESV / 2,315 helpful votes

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2,234 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 2,190 helpful votes

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 27:13 ESV / 2,167 helpful votes

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!

Psalm 31:19 ESV / 2,138 helpful votes

Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2,076 helpful votes

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

James 1:17 ESV / 1,948 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 1,904 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:9 ESV / 1,730 helpful votes

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 1,594 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 1,569 helpful votes

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 1,557 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Mark 10:18 ESV / 1,494 helpful votes

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

Psalm 145:9 ESV / 1,382 helpful votes

The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

Psalm 119:68 ESV / 1,378 helpful votes

You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.

Psalm 84:11 ESV / 1,161 helpful votes

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 1,139 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12:21 ESV / 1,136 helpful votes

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Micah 6:8 ESV / 1,118 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Psalm 107:1 ESV / 1,099 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 1,093 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Exodus 33:19 ESV / 1,085 helpful votes

And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 1,053 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Titus 2:14 ESV / 1,046 helpful votes

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

1 Timothy 4:4 ESV / 1,019 helpful votes

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 1,002 helpful votes

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

Psalm 37:3 ESV / 994 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

Romans 15:14 ESV / 970 helpful votes

I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.

1 Peter 3:13 ESV / 966 helpful votes

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

Matthew 5:15-16 ESV / 961 helpful votes

Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 957 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

John 3:16 ESV / 950 helpful votes

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

1 Chronicles 16:34 ESV / 944 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 926 helpful votes

Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

Psalm 25:7 ESV / 923 helpful votes

Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

Psalm 65:4 ESV / 920 helpful votes

Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!

Ephesians 5:9 ESV / 913 helpful votes

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

Exodus 34:6 ESV / 906 helpful votes

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

John 3:16-17 ESV / 886 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 886 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 877 helpful votes

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Jeremiah 6:16 ESV / 860 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

1 Peter 2:3 ESV / 845 helpful votes

If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Matthew 12:35 ESV / 845 helpful votes

The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

2 Peter 1:5-7 ESV / 843 helpful votes

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

Romans 11:22 ESV / 843 helpful votes

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Psalm 34:14 ESV / 820 helpful votes

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 69:16 ESV / 804 helpful votes

Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.

Luke 18:19 ESV / 801 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 19:22 ESV / 799 helpful votes

What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Acts 10:38 ESV / 787 helpful votes

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Matthew 19:17 ESV / 786 helpful votes

And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”

Psalm 145:17 ESV / 783 helpful votes

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

Luke 6:36 ESV / 779 helpful votes

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Psalm 25:6-7 ESV / 777 helpful votes

Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

1 Corinthians 10:23 ESV / 776 helpful votes

“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.

Proverbs 2:9 ESV / 748 helpful votes

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;

James 3:13 ESV / 741 helpful votes

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 739 helpful votes

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!

Matthew 7:11 ESV / 738 helpful votes

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Psalm 100:5 ESV / 737 helpful votes

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

2 Peter 1:5 ESV / 701 helpful votes

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 683 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:9 ESV / 648 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 16:2 ESV / 639 helpful votes

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 629 helpful votes

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

Genesis 1:4 ESV / 601 helpful votes

And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 590 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Hosea 3:5 ESV / 581 helpful votes

Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.

Psalm 33:5 ESV / 574 helpful votes

He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 572 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Luke 6:35 ESV / 556 helpful votes

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 552 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

1 John 1:5 ESV / 550 helpful votes

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

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 511 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Matthew 5:2 ESV / 489 helpful votes

And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

Lamentations 3:25 ESV / 488 helpful votes

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Genesis 50:20 ESV / 468 helpful votes

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Galatians 5:1-26 ESV / 462 helpful votes

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. ...

Proverbs 19:2 ESV / 421 helpful votes

Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 419 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 413 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 398 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 397 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Psalm 52:1 ESV / 397 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

Titus 3:4 ESV / 393 helpful votes

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

Psalm 143:10 ESV / 391 helpful votes

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!

Romans 5:8 ESV / 355 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 354 helpful votes

Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same?

Jeremiah 6:1-16:21 ESV / 352 helpful votes

Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction. The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion. Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents around her; they shall pasture, each in his place. “Prepare war against her; arise, and let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day declines, for the shadows of evening lengthen! Arise, and let us attack by night and destroy her palaces!” ...

Proverbs 2:1-9:18 ESV / 350 helpful votes

My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. ...

1 Peter 1:5-7 ESV / 347 helpful votes

Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 346 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 334 helpful votes

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Psalm 107:1-43 ESV / 332 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them. ...

Psalm 86:5 ESV / 330 helpful votes

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Psalm 107:8-9 ESV / 320 helpful votes

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

Galatians 6:10-12 ESV / 319 helpful votes

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Psalm 37:2 ESV / 314 helpful votes

For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

1 Corinthians 9:2 ESV / 311 helpful votes

If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

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