19 Bible Verses about Good Activity

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any greater burden than these essentials:

Then Peter began to speak and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good and delightful and auspicious that we are here; if You wish, I will put up three [sacred] tents here—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

Peter responded and said to Jesus, “Rabbi (Master), it is good for us to be here; let us make three [sacred] tents—one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

And as these [men, Moses and Elijah] were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is delightful and good for us to be here; we should make three [sacred] tents; one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.

And whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, you may do in accordance with the will of your God.

The disciples said to Jesus, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”

I think then that because of the impending distress [that is, the pressure of the current trouble], it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Now as to the matters of which you wrote: It is good (beneficial, advantageous) for a man not to touch a woman [outside marriage].

Naomi said to Ruth, “It is good, my daughter, for you to go out [to work] with his maids, so that others do not assault you in another field.”

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, [that as a practical matter] it is good if they remain [single and entirely devoted to the Lord] as I am.

So then both the father who gives his virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

Laban said, “It is better that I give her [in marriage] to you than give her to another man. Stay and work with me.”

Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;
Praise is becoming and appropriate.

It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord,
To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],
I will seek your (the city’s) good.

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and assure himself that there is good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live;

And why not say, (as some slanderously report and claim that we teach) “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation [by God] is just.