'Good news' in the Bible

when he who told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good news.

While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, Come in, for thou are a worthy man, and bring good news.

Then they said one to another, We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we delay till the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news make the bones fat.

[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

O thou who tell good news to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain. O thou who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength. Lift it up, be not afraid, say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!

First to Zion. Behold, behold them, and I will give to Jerusalem him who brings good news.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Thy God reigns!

The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, {and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT)}, and

Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah. Perform thy vows, for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee. He is utterly cut off.

And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good-news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good-news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor are proclaimed good-news.

And this good-news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Truly I say to you, wherever this good-news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be told for a memorial of her.

The beginning of the good-news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the good-news of God,

and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent ye, and believe in the good-news.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life because of me and the good-news, this man will save it.

And having answered, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of me, and because of the good-news,

And the good-news must first be preached to all the nations.

And truly I say to you, wherever this good-news may be preached in the whole world, also what she did will be told for a memorial of her.

And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good-news to the whole creation.

And having answered, the agent said to him, I am Gabriel who stand in the presence of God. And I was sent to speak to thee, and to announce these good news to thee.

And the agent said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good-news of great joy that will be to all the people,

Indeed therefore, also exhorting the people with many other things, he preached the good-news.

The Spirit of Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliv

But he said to them, I must preach the good-news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because I was sent for this.

And it came to pass that he traveled through, by city and village in succession, announcing and preaching the good-news of the kingdom of God, and the twelve men with him,

And having departed, they passed through the villages, preaching the good-news, and healing everywhere.

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed good-news, and every man in it is treated aggressively.

And it came to pass on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the good-news, the chief priests and the scholars with the elders stood near.

And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching good news, Jesus, the Christ.

Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad passed through proclaiming the good-news, the word.

But when they believed Philip preaching good news, the things about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.

Indeed therefore, having solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good-news in many villages of the Samaritans.

And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Scripture, he preached the good-news to him--the man Jesus.

But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through all the cities he preached the good-news until he came to Caesarea.

The word that he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching good-news, peace by Jesus Christ (this man is Lord of all),

And some of them were men, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching good-news, the Lord Jesus.

And we proclaim good-news to you: the promise to the fathers, which happened because God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus,

And there they were preaching the good-news.

and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good-news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the thi

And having preached the good-news to that city, and having made considerable disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,

And when much debate occurred, Peter having risen up, he said to them, Men, brothers, ye know that from past days among us, God chose the Gentiles to hear through my mouth the word of the good-news, and to believe.

But Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching good-news, the word of the Lord, with many others also.

And after he saw the vision, straightaway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord called us to preach the good-news to them.

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good-news--Jesus and t

But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

Paul, a bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle separated for the good-news of God

For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good-news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

So the willingness is in me to preach the good-news also to you in Rome.

For I am not ashamed of the good-news of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation to every man who believes, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.

in a day when God judges the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my good-news.

And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news of peace, of those who proclaim good news of good things.

But not all were obedient to the good-news, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report?

They are indeed enemies toward the good-news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good-news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in Holy Spirit.

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good-news of Christ.

And thus having aspired to proclaim the good-news not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build upon a foundation belonging to another man,

And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the good-news of the Christ.

Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good-news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times,

For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good-news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied.

For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good-news.

If others are partakers of the right from you, are not we more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we cover all things, so that we may not give any hindrance to the good-news of the Christ.

And so the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good-news to live from the good-news.

For if I preach the good-news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good-news.

What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good-news, I may make the good-news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good-news.

And I do this for sake of the good-news, so that I might become a fellow participant of it.

And, brothers, I make known to you the good-news that I preached to you, which also ye received, and in which ye stand,

Now having come to Troas for the good-news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in Lord,

But even if our good-news is concealed, it is concealed in those who are perishing,

in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good-news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them.

And we sent along with him the brother whose praise in the good-news is throughout all the congregations.

through the evidence of this service, glorifying God at the subjection of your confession toward the good-news of the Christ, and at the generosity of the participation, for them and for all,

For it is not as not reaching for you. We overextend ourselves. For we even reached as far as you in the good-news of the Christ,

in order to preach the good-news beyond you, not to boast in another measure, in things prepared.

For indeed if a man who comes, preaches another Jesus whom we did not preach, or ye receive another spirit that ye did not receive, or another good-news that ye did not accept, ye well tolerated it.

Or did I commit a sin lowering myself so that ye might be lifted up, because I preached to you the good-news of God freely?

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him who called you in the grace of Christ to another good-news,

which is not another, except there are some who confuse you, and who want to pervert the good-news of the Christ.

But even if we, or an agent from heaven, should preach a good-news to you contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed.

As we have said before, I now also say again, if any man preaches a good-news to you contrary to what ye received, let him be accursed.

For I make known to you, brothers, the good-news that was preached by me, that it is not according to man.

but they were only hearing that the man who once persecuted us now preaches the good-news, the faith that he once ravaged.

And I went up according to revelation, and I declared to them the good-news that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of repute, lest somehow I might be running or ran in vain.

to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, so that the truth of the good-news might continue with you.

but to the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the good-news for men of uncircumcision, as Peter for men of circumcision

But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good-news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?

And the scripture having foreseen that God makes the Gentiles righteous from faith, proclaimed the good-news in advance to Abraham: In thee all the nations will be blessed.

But ye know that through a weakness of the flesh I preached the good-news to you the first time.

In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good-news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

And after coming he preached good-news, peace to you, to those far off and to those near,

For Gentiles to be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and fellow partakers of his promise in the Christ through the good-news.

To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good-news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

and having shod your feet in preparation of the good-news of peace.

and for me, so that utterance may be given to me in boldness in opening my mouth to make known the mystery of the good-news,

for your participation in the good-news from the first day until now.

Just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the good-news, you all being partners with me of the grace.