'Good' in the Bible

So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

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

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

The fig-tree puts out her green fruit and the vines with their young fruit give a good smell. Get up from your bed, my beautiful one, and come away.

Be awake, O north wind; and come, O south, blowing on my garden, so that its spices may come out. Let my loved one come into his garden, and take of his good fruits.

How beautiful are your feet in their shoes, O king's daughter! The curves of your legs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a good workman:

And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.

The mandrakes give out a sweet smell, and at our doors are all sorts of good fruits, new and old, which I have kept for my loved one.

I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.