50 Bible Verses about God Turning Bad Things Into Good
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And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
because every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,
For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.
In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
Woe to those saying to evil 'good,' And to good 'evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;
and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;
Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I am Jehovah, doing all these things.'
for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things done through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;
From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,
And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.
Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.
Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
and I have made for them a covenant age-during, in that I turn not back from after them for My doing them good, and My fear I put in their heart, so as not to turn aside from me;
'Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.
and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.
And now, amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God, and Jehovah doth repent concerning the evil that He hath spoken against you.
Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.
Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,
And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'
giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;
Who is this -- he hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it?
I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,
having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought,
for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee;
The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;
Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.
for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.
then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.
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