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And he said unto him, Why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.
You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon everyone
You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endures forever.
Praise you the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to your mercy remember me for your goodness' sake, O LORD. Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Hear me, O LORD; for your lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given unto you, and unto your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing has failed thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words are true, and you have promised this goodness unto your servant:
Blessed be the LORD, that has given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
For thus says the LORD, That after seventy years are accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him.
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shown unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they consoled him, and comforted him over all the trouble that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have wrought for them that trust in you before the sons of men! You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Show me a sign for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
I would have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshiped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever.
They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness.
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Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
Creation » Exhibits » God, Goodness of
Delighting in God » Saints' experience, in » God, Goodness of
And they took strong cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, cisterns hewed out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
Godly Fear » Motives to » God, Goodness of
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Satisfying
Blessed is the man whom you choose, and cause to approach unto you, that he may dwell in your courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, even of your holy temple.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for grain, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
And I will fill to the full the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the LORD.
God, Goodness of » Is part of his character
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him.
And he said unto him, Why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
God, Goodness of » Manifested » In forgiving sins
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon everyone
God, Goodness of » Manifested » To his church
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have wrought for them that trust in you before the sons of men!
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Great
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maidens.
For they have not served you in their kingdom, or in your great goodness that you gave them, or in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
God, Goodness of » Magnify
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endures forever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captives of the land, as at the first, says the LORD.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Universal
That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
God, Goodness of » Manifested » In doing good
You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Rich
O LORD, how manifold are your works! in wisdom have you made them all: the earth is full of your riches.
Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
God, Goodness of » Recognize, in his dealings
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
God, Goodness of » Reverence
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I provide for it.
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Abundant
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
God, Goodness of » Declared to be » Enduring
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
[To the Chief Musician, a maschil. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boast you yourself in evil, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.
God, Goodness of » Pray for the manifestation of
Therefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
God, Goodness of » The wicked disregard
For they have not served you in their kingdom, or in your great goodness that you gave them, or in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
God, Goodness of » Manifested » In providing for the poor
Your congregation has dwelt therein: you, O God, have provided of your goodness for the poor.
God, Goodness of » Manifested » In supplying temporal wants
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
God, Goodness of » Urge others to confide in
God, Goodness of » Leads to repentance
Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
God, Goodness of » Despise not
Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Repentance » We should be led to, by » God, Goodness of
Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Trust » Encouragements to » God, Goodness of
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him.