50 Bible Verses about God Turning Bad Things Into Good

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

Come and witness God's exploits! His acts on behalf of people are awesome!

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

The Lord works everything for its own ends -- even the wicked for the day of disaster.

In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.

But all things being exposed by the light are made evident.

I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes -- both calamity and blessing?

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.

"Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.

And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.

Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the Lord your God. If you do, the Lord will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.

Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.'

Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?

The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both.

So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the Lord.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God's slaves.

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.