23 Bible Verses about Good People
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The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.
He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!"
Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.
(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'
His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'
And the king said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.'
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.)
But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'
The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,
because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.
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The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles. The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.
A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.
For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. "Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice read more.
and will come out -- the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.
Topics on Good People
Imitating Good People
Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.
Like Good People
Matthew 12:35The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
