Thematic Bible: The goodness of the lord


Thematic Bible







The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those saying, Praise ye Jehovah of armies: for Jehovah is good, for his mercy is forever: of them bringing thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah; for I will turn back the captivity of the land as at the first, said Jehovah.

Good and upright is Jehovah: for this he will teach the sinning in the way.


Jehovah is good to all, and his mercies over all his works.

Confess ye to Jehovah, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.


Confess ye to Jehovah, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.

Confess ye to Jehovah, for he is good: for his mercy is forever.

For Jehovah is good; his mercy forever and his faithfulness to generation and generation.

Thou didst goodness with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word. Teach me good taste and knowledge, for I believed in thy commands. Before I shall be humbled I go astray: and now I watched thy word. read more.
Thou art good, and doing good; teach me thy laws.



Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out. So that ye might be sons of your Father, which in the heavens: for he makes his sun rise upon evil and good, and rains on the just and unjust.

Thus said Jehovah, Stand ye upon the ways, and see, and ask for the beaten paths of old, where this the good way, and go ye in it, and find rest to your soul. And they will say, We will not go.

Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; Not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul: With affection serving the Lord, and not men. read more.
Knowing that whatever good each might do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or free.

And do thou the right and the good in the eyes of Jehovah so that it shall be well to thee, and thou go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware to thy fathers,

And if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace is to you? for also the sinful do the same. And if ye lend of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace is to you? for also the sinful lend to the sinful, that they might receive back the like things. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be much, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the graceless and evil.

Let every soul be placed under the protecting powers. For there is no power except from God: and the powers being, were ordered by God. So he opposing the power, has resisted the arrangement of God: and they having resisted shall receive to themselves judgment. For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it:


To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: instruction to David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted; they made iniquity abominable: none doing good.


What advantage therefore have we? Not in any way: for we before accused both Jews and Greeks, all to be under sin. As has been written, That there is no just one, not one: There is none understanding, there is none seeking God. read more.
All have bent aside, together have they become unprofitable: there is none doing good, there is not even one.

To the overseer; of David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted, they made their; works abominable, none doing good. Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the sons of men, to see is there he understanding, seeking God. All turned away together, they were corrupted: none doing good, not even one. read more.
Did not the workers of vanity know? eating my people they ate bread; they called not Jehovah.

And, behold, one having come said to him, Good teacher, what good shall I do, that I might have eternal life? And he said to him, Why sayest thou me good? None is good except one, God; but if thou wouldst come into life, keep the commands.


So every good tree makes good fruits; but the rotten tree makes evil fruits. A good tree cannot make evil fruits, nor a rotten tree make good fruits. Every tree not making good fruit is cut off, and cast into fire. read more.
Wherefore from their fruits shall ye know them.

The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, casts forth good things: and the evil man, out of the evil treasure, casts forth evil things.

For it is not a good tree making decayed fruit; neither a decayed tree making good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns they gather not figs, nor of the bramble do they harvest the grape. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart, brings forward the good thing; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forward the evil thing: for out of the abundance of the heart does his month speak.

By the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good news; Being present to you as also in all the world; and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day which ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth:



Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out. So that ye might be sons of your Father, which in the heavens: for he makes his sun rise upon evil and good, and rains on the just and unjust.

But I say to you hearing, Love your enemies; do good to those hating you, Praise those cursing you, and pray for those threatening you.


He understanding in the word shall find good: and he trusting in Jehovah, he being happy.

He obtaining a heart loved his soul: he watched understanding to find good.


The perverse of heart shall not find good: and he turning about with his tongue shall fall into evil.


He seeking good shall strive after acceptance: and he seeking evil, it shall come to him.


Wo to those saying, to evil, good, and to the good, evil; putting darkness for light, and light for darkness; putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitten