14 Bible Verses about Goodness
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Consider both the kindness and the severity of God; those who fall come under his severity, but you come under the divine kindness, provided you adhere to that kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too.
Personally I am quite certain, my brothers, that even as it is you have ample goodness of heart, you are filled with knowledge of every kind, and you are well able to give advice to one another.
But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,
(for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true),
who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away ??6 it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy.
Or are you slighting all his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience? Do you not know his kindness is meant to make you repent?
but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness to me might come of your own free will, without any appearance of constraint.
Do not let evil get the better of you; get the better of evil by doing good.
Inasmuch as his power divine has bestowed on us every requisite for life and piety by the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence ??4 bestowing on us thereby promises precious and supreme, that by means of them you may escape the corruption produced within the world by lust, and participate in the divine nature ??5 for this very reason, do you contrive to make it your whole concern to furnish your faith with resolution, resolution with intelligence,
though as the bountiful Giver he did not leave himself without a witness, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, giving you food and joy to your heart's content."
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fruit of the Spirit » Goodness
Personally I am quite certain, my brothers, that even as it is you have ample goodness of heart, you are filled with knowledge of every kind, and you are well able to give advice to one another.
Goodness » Good people
The good man brings good out of his good store, and the evil man brings evil out of his store of evil.
No sound tree bears rotten fruit, nor again does a rotten tree bear sound fruit: each tree is known by its fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, and grapes are not plucked from a bramble-bush. The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.
for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself, and also granted him authority to act as judge, since he is Son of man. Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice read more.
and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.
Goodness » Doing good
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men and in particular to the household of the faith.
I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you: bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
see that none of you pays back evil for evil, but always aim at what is kind to one another and to all the world;
You have heard the saying, 'You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Goodness » Overcoming evil with good
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone; aim to be above reproach in the eyes of all; be at peace with all men, if possible, so far as that depends on you. Never revenge yourselves, beloved, but let the Wrath of God have its way; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will exact a requital ??the Lord has said it. No, read more.
if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame. Do not let evil get the better of you; get the better of evil by doing good.
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Goodness As A Fruit Of The Spirit
Galatians 5:22But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,
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