Bible Verses about Goodness

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• Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
  Ephesians 4:32forgivenesscompassionreconciliation
• So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
  Galatians 6:10gentlenessneighborfaith
• The Lord is good,
  a stronghold in the day of trouble;
  he knows those who take refuge in him.
  Nahum 1:7protectionsafetytrust
• Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  Romans 12:21evilovercomingidols
• The Lord is righteous in all his ways
  and kind in all his works.
  Psalm 145:17reliabilityrighteousnessfaithfulness
• Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
  Romans 12:9loveevil
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
  Galatians 5:22-23lawSpiritblessing
• “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
  1 Corinthians 10:23lawrighteousnessfood
• I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord
  in the land of the living!
  Psalm 27:13trust
• For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
  2 Peter 1:5-7faithself-controlrelationships
• Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
  Matthew 5:15-16evangelismworshiplight
• Trust in the Lord, and do good;
  dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
  Psalm 37:3trustsafety
• And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
  2 Corinthians 9:8blessingworryingwork
• What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
  and a poor man is better than a liar.
  Proverbs 19:22reliabilitymoneypoverty
• Turn away from evil and do good;
  seek peace and pursue it.
  Psalm 34:14evilpeaceidols
• Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
  1 Peter 3:13evilwork
• Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
  Ephesians 4:29speakinggossip
• Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
  Luke 6:36neighborFather
• Thus says the Lord:
  “Stand by the roads, and look,
  and ask for the ancient paths,
  where the good way is; and walk in it,
  and find rest for your souls.
  But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’”
  Jeremiah 6:16restsoul
• Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
  for they have been from of old.
  Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
  according to your steadfast love remember me,
  for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
  Psalm 25:6-7sinmercy
• Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
  1 Corinthians 15:33evilfriendship
• Then you will understand righteousness and justice
  and equity, every good path.
  Proverbs 2:9righteousnesshonesty
• Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
  Titus 2:14sacrificepurificationsin
• Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
  1 Timothy 2:9-10beautyworshipmaterialism
• For the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true.
  Ephesians 5:9lightrighteousnesstruth