23 occurrences in 13 translations

'Good' in the Bible

Then Zebah and Zalmunna responded, "Get up and attack us yourself, since a man's valor is only as good as the man himself." So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the crescent-shaped necklaces that adorned the necks of their camels.

Verse ConceptsCamelsWearing JewelleryApproval To Kill Oneself

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfOld Age, Attainment OfTombsDeath Of A FatherFamily Deathgideon

They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good he had done for Israel.

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeKindnessMannersUnfaithful

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which is good for you -- the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man? -- and ye have remembered that I am your bone and your flesh.'

Verse ConceptsBodySeventySame Bone And FleshSeventies

And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.

Verse ConceptsCoinageHiring

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Verse ConceptsSweetness

And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'

Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth

"Now then, if you have been acting in good faith and integrity by making a king out of Abimelech, if you have treated Jerubbaal and his household appropriately by acting toward him as he deserved

Verse ConceptsPerforming The Truth

So if you've acted in good faith and integrity toward Jerubbaal and his household today, then you're welcome to Abimelech, and he's welcome to you"

Verse ConceptsPerforming The Truth

And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

Verse ConceptsRescueWe Have SinnedCompetition

So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

Verse ConceptsHalf brothers

Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she looks good to me.”

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalBad Decision Making ExamplesMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningUncircumcisionInfatuationIntermarriageLeaving Parents For Spouse

So he went down and talked to the woman; and she looked good to Samson.

Because they all got good and drunk, they ordered, "Go get Samson, so he can entertain us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them while they made him stand between the pillars.

Verse ConceptsAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesRecreationRevelryMaking FunSports

Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesThe Righteous Prosper

Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.

And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl's father said to the man, "Why not stay another night and have a good time!"

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsSittingPeople Who Delayed

When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Look! The day is almost over! Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home."

Verse ConceptsNightMan's Action Tomorrow

They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, "Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him."

Verse ConceptsVulgarityCrude LanguageDecadenceHomosexualityKnockingSexual Union IntendedAbuse

Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersGirlsVirginAbusemistressharassmentvirginity

Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualHanding Over PeopleDeath Penalty For Sexual Sin

Bible Theasaurus

Adept (3 instances)
Advantage (73 instances)
Behalf (294 instances)
Beneficial (12 instances)
Benefit (115 instances)
Better (302 instances)
Boot (1 instance)
Complete (347 instances)
Dependable (5 instances)
Effective (13 instances)
Excellent (72 instances)
Expert (90 instances)
Respectable (2 instances)
Salutary (1 instance)
Savory (7 instances)
Secure (159 instances)
Serious (65 instances)
Skilful (40 instances)
Skillful (88 instances)
Upright (440 instances)
Virtuous (9 instances)

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