It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to the LORD, our God, until he has mercy on us.

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

Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

May the LORD bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity.

you who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of our God's house.

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness endures forever.

Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving kindness endures forever.

How precious to me are your thoughts, God. How vast is the sum of them.

If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men.

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

I said to the LORD, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, LORD.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

Blessed are the people who are in such a situation. Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.

The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

Blessed is the one who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Praise the LORD, Jerusalem. Praise your God, Zion.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power.

then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Do not forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Do they not go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time.

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold. Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

"Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.

She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men?musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

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

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.