1142 verses about Goodness

And the sword ceased from Israel. And Jonathan lived at Michmash; and Jonathan began to judge the people; and he destroyed the ungodly out of Israel.

And now continue you⌃ still to keep faith with us, and we will recompense to you good things in return for your dealings with us,

We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and observe what is just toward us, because of their good will toward us.

And the land had rest all the days of Simon: and he sought the good of his nation; and and his authority and his glory was well-pleasing to them all his days.

And they tilled their land in peace, and the land gave her increase, and the trees of the plains their fruit.

The ancient men sat in the streets, they communed all of them together of good things, and the young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.

Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; and he went down to Jericho, himself and Mattathias and Judas his sons, in the hundred and seventy and seventh year, in the eleventh month, the same is the month Sebat:

And he committed a great iniquity, and recompensed evil for good.

and may God do good to you, and remember his covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, his faithful servants;

WHEN the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,

betook himself to the king, not to be an accuser of his fellow-citizens, but looking to the good of all the people, both public and private;

Wherefore all men implored that the vision might have been given for good.

For indeed that those who act impiously be not let alone any long time, but straightway meet with retribution, is a sign of great beneficence.

So this man also died after this manner, leaving his death for an ensample of nobleness and a memorial of virtue, not only to the young but also to the great body of his nation.

For I am persuaded that he in gentleness and kindness will follow my purpose and treat you with indulgence.

And Maccabaeus gave consent upon all the conditions which Lysias proposed to him, being careful of the common good; for whatever requests Maccabaeus delivered in writing to Lysias concerning the Jews the king allowed.

If then you⌃ will preserve your good will toward the state, henceforward also will I endeavor to contribute to your good.

But when the Jews that were settled there testified of the good will that the Scythopolitans had shewn toward them, and of their kindly bearing toward them in the times of their misfortune,

Now information was given to Nicanor against one Razis, an elder of Jerusalem, as being a lover of his countrymen and a man of very good report, and one called Father of the Jews for his good will toward them.

And the vision of that dream was this: He saw Onias, him that was high priest, a noble and good man, reverend in bearing, yet gentle in manner and well-spoken, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, with outstretched hands invoking blessings on the whole body of the Jews:

And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness.

With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she does the things that are just, and refrains from all unrighteous and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.

And they sang aloud, praising the Lord in songs of thanksgiving, because his goodness and his glory are forever in all Israel.

Neither shall you⌃ seek to have peace with them forever, that you⌃ may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that you⌃ may leave it for an inheritance to your children for evermore.

like as seems good to you, and to as many as do obey the Law of the Lord.

You, O Lord, according to your great goodness have promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned against you: and of your infinite mercies have appointed repentance to sinners, that they may be saved. You therefore, O Lord, that are the God of the just, have not appointed repentance to the just, to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against you; but you have appointed repentance to me that am a sinner:

and in me you will show all your goodness: for you will save me, that am unworthy, according to your great mercy.

He proceeded to Egypt, grew worse in wickedness through his before mentioned companions in wine, who were lost to all goodness;

although, as they adorned their conversation with works of righteousness, they had established themselves in the good opinion of the world.

we resolved, not with strength of spear, but with gentleness and much humanity, as it were to nurse the inhabitants of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, and to be their willing benefactors.

We then, having endeavoured to make allowance for the madness of these persons, and on our victorious return treating all people in Egypt courteously, acted in a manner which was befitting.

He, however, who has sent his good creature sleep from all time by night or by day thus gratifying whom he wills, diffused a portion thereof now upon the king.

The king commended them, and wrote the subjoined letter, of magnanimous import for them, to the commanders of every city.

How long shall I forbear them, to whom I have done so much good?

I divided among you fruitful lands; I cast out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines, before you: what shall I yet do more for you? says the Lord.

Take heaven and earth to witness, take them to witness; for I have given up the evil, and created the good: for I live, says the Lord.

If therefore that which is sown be not reaped, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away, there can’t come the field where the good is sown.

For immediately there came forth great and innumerable fruit, and manifold pleasures for the taste, and flowers of inimitable color, and odors of most exquisite smell: and this was done the third day.

Another thing also: There is a city built and set in a plain country, and full of all good things;

and the work shall follow, and the reward shall be showed, and good deeds shall awake, and wicked deeds shall not sleep.

For you have a treasure of good works laid up with the Most High, but it shall not be showed you until the last times.

And that the glory of the Most High shall defend them which have led a pure life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

and bountiful, for that he is ready to give rather than to exact;

and one that forgives, for if he did not forgive of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men would not remain living;

For the just, which have many good works laid up with you, shall for their own deeds receive reward.

For in this, O Lord, your righteousness and your goodness shall be declared, if you be merciful to them which have no store of good works.

For to you is paradise opened, the tree of life planted, the time to come is prepared, plenteousness is made ready, a city is built, and rest is allowed, goodness is perfected, wisdom being perfect beforehand.

As I am going to demonstrate a most philosophical proposition, namely, that religious reasoning is absolute master of the passions, I would willingly advise you to give the utmost heed to philosophy.

Reasoning is, then, intellect accompanied by a life of rectitude, putting foremost the consideration of wisdom.

And reasoning, the universal husbandman, purging, and pruning these severally, and binding round, and watering, and transplanting, in every way improves the materials of the morals and affections.

It allows not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserves it from the destroyers, and collects their fallen ruins.

And He gave a law to this mind, by living according to which it will maintain a temperate, and just, and good, and manly reign.

For a certain man named Simon, who was in opposition to Onias, who once held the high priesthood for life, and was an honorable and good man, after that by slandering him in every way, he could not injure him with the people, went away as an exile, with the intention of betraying his country.

It seems senseless not to enjoy what is pleasant, yet not disgraceful; and from notions of sinfulness, to reject the boons of nature.

and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all kinds of hardships for virtue, would not, for the sake of religion, master his passion?

For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue.

so that seven-towered right-reasoning of the young men, securing the harbour of religion, conquered the intermperance of passions.

For a like ardour for what is right and honorable increased their fellow-feeling towards each other.

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

He said to them, “What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it, and lift it out?

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”

“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”

Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’