1142 verses about Goodness

You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice;

For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.

The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

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

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come out of them all.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn’t sin.

There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.