Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.

New American Standard Bible

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

King James Version

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Holman Bible

Do what is good, Lord, to the good,
to those whose hearts are upright.

International Standard Version

LORD, do good to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

A Conservative Version

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.

American Standard Version

Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.

Amplified


Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

Darby Translation

Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Julia Smith Translation

Do good, O Jehovah, to the good and to the upright in their hearts.

King James 2000

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do good, O Yahweh, to the good, and to [those] upright in their hearts.

Modern King James verseion

Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, and to the upright in their hearts.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Do well, O LORD, unto those that be good and true of heart.

NET Bible

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to the morally upright!

New Heart English Bible

Do good, LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

The Emphasized Bible

Do good, O Yahweh, unto such as are good, even unto such as are upright in their hearts.

Webster

Do good, O LORD, to those that are good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

World English Bible

Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

Context Readings

Israel's Stability

3 For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands. 4 Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts. 5 As to those turning to their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

Cross References

Psalm 7:10

My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!

Psalm 119:68

Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.

Psalm 32:2

O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Psalm 36:10

Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.

Psalm 41:1-3

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

Psalm 51:18

Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 73:1

A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

Psalm 84:11

For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

Psalm 94:15

For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

Psalm 119:80

My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

Isaiah 58:10-11

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.

Lamentations 3:25

Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, 'Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

Hebrews 6:10

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

1 John 3:17-24

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?

Revelation 14:5

and in their mouth there was not found guile, for unblemished are they before the throne of God.

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