50 Bible Verses about God Turning Bad Things Into Good
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And we know that all [things] work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to [his] purpose,
As for you, you planned evil against me, [but] God planned it for good, in order to do this--to keep many people alive--as [it is] today.
He will repay my enemies for their evil; in your faithfulness destroy them.
Come and {consider} the works of God; [he is] awesome [in his] dealings with the children of humankind.
because everything created by God [is] good and nothing [is to be] rejected [if it is] received with thankfulness,
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
In the day of prosperity, rejoice! But in the day of adversity, consider! For God made one in place of another so that mortals cannot find out what will happen {in the future}.
Ah! Those who call evil good and good evil, those who put darkness for light and light for darkness, those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Dear friend, do not imitate [what is] evil, but [what is] good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
form light and create darkness; make peace and create evil; I [am] Yahweh; do all these [things].
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the [things] through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
[Is] it not from the mouth of the Most High [that] disaster and good will come?
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known [it], to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.
And they have turned to me [their] backs and not [their] faces, though {I have taught them over and over again}, but they [were] not listening to accept discipline.
Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate; perhaps Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious [to] the remnant of Joseph.
Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!
And I will {make} with them {an everlasting covenant} that I will not turn away from them, my doing good [to] them, and my reverence I will put in their hearts so that [they will] not turn aside from me.
"Return to your home and tell all that God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.
But whenever all [things] are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected all [things] to him, in order that God may be all in all.
Now {therefore} amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and Yahweh will relent of the disaster that he has spoken over you.
Your iniquities have disturbed these, and your sins have kept away the good from you.
Therefore I intend to remind you continually concerning these [things], although [you] know [them] and are established in the truth that you have.
And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"
giving thanks always for all [things] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,
{Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.
maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in [the things] in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation.
" 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{And then} on that day, things will come up on your mind, and you will devise evil plans.
For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,
Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
For those who are [living] according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, but those [who are living] according to the Spirit [are intent on] the things of the Spirit.
He is not afraid of bad news; his heart [is] steadfast, secure in Yahweh.
Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All [things] [are] clean, but [it is] wrong for the person {who eats and stumbles in the process}.
[Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.
Then I saw all the work of God--man [is] not able to discover the work that is done under the sun. Although man may toil in seeking, he cannot find it. Even if a wise man claims [that he] knows it, he cannot find it.
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