What Does the Bible Say About God Is Always Good?

2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 4 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,

Romans 8:28 ESV / 4 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.

John 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

James 1:17 ESV / 3 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.

Ephesians 3:17-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 3 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?

John 3:16 ESV / 3 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.

Matthew 4:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”

James 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Ephesians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

John 4:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”

Jeremiah 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you,’ whereas the sword has reached their very life.”

Isaiah 45:21-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Psalm 84:11 ESV / 2 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.

Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. ...

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

2 Samuel 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

1 Samuel 15:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. ...

21 Bible Verses about God Is Always Good

2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:17-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 4:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 45:21-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 84:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 15:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:17-19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 4:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 45:21-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 84:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 51:1-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 15:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes