'What is Good' in the Bible

Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil—concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.

Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that you and your children after you may prosper forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.

“Please Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases You.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

“Note that Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all matters related to the Lord, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all matters related to the king, and the Levites are officers in your presence. Be strong; may the Lord be with those who do what is good.”

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;let us decide together what is good.

Who is the man who delights in life,loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.

Trust in the Lord and do what is good;dwell in the land and live securely.

Turn away from evil and do what is good,and dwell there forever.

Also, the Lord will provide what is good,and our land will yield its crops.

You are good, and You do what is good;teach me Your statutes.

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

The one who searches for what is good finds favor,but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.

The one who leads the upright into an evil waywill fall into his own pit,but the blameless will inherit what is good.

I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.

I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life with wine and how to grasp folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

Learn to do what is good.Seek justice.Correct the oppressor.Defend the rights of the fatherless.Plead the widow’s cause.

By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating butter and honey.

For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

He said, “Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases You.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Why do you spend money on what is not food,and your wages on what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

“For My people are fools;they do not know Me.They are foolish children,without understanding.They are skilled in doing what is evil,but they do not know how to do what is good.”

This is what the Lord says:Stand by the roadways and look.Ask about the ancient paths:Which is the way to what is good?Then take itand find rest for yourselves.But they protested, “We won’t!”

Can the Cushite change his skin,or a leopard his spots?If so, you might be able to do what is good,you who are instructed in evil.

I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all My heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.

Israel has rejected what is good;an enemy will pursue him.

Take words of repentance with youand return to the Lord.Say to Him: “Forgive all our sinand accept what is good,so that we may repay Youwith praise from our lips.

Mankind, He has told you what is goodand what it is the Lord requires of you:to act justly,to love faithfulness,and to walk humbly with your God.

“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” He said to him. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.

But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

Therefore, did what is good cause my death? Absolutely not! On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, yet innocent about what is evil.

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

but test all things.Hold on to what is good.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?

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.