Thematic Bible: The goodness of the lord


Thematic Bible







the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to LORD of hosts, for LORD is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever, [and of those] wh

Good and upright is LORD. Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.


LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

O give thanks to LORD, For he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

For LORD is good. His loving kindness [is] forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Thou have dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according to thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I have believed in thy commandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word. read more.
Thou are good, and do good. Teach me thy statutes.



Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to 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, so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Thus says LORD, Stand ye in the ways and see. And ask for the old paths where is the good way. And walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk.

Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ. Not according to eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, bond-serving with goodwill, as to the Lord and not to men. read more.
Knowing that whatever good thing each may do, he will receive this from the Lord, whether bondman or freeman.

And thou shall do that which is right and good in the sight of LORD, that it may be well with thee, and that thou may go in and possess the good land which LORD swore to thy fathers,

And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what credit is for you? For even sinners do the same. And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted. So that he who resists the office of authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those who have opposed will receive condemnation to themselves. For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.




What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin, as it is written, There is no righteous man, not even one. There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God. read more.
All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good. LORD looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God. They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one. read more.
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon LORD?

And behold one man having come to him, said, Good teacher, what good thing should I do so that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.


Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits. A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits. Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. read more.
So then from their fruits ye will know them.

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

For a good tree is not producing corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree producing good fruit. For each tree is known from its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they harvest grapes from a bramble bush. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

because of the hope being reserved for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good-news being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.



Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to 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, so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you.


He who gives heed to the word shall find good, and whoever trusts in LORD, happy is he.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.


He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.


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


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!