And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.
Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.
Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;
If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:
Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:
But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.
Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;
For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:
So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.
Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;
And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.
It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
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.
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.
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.
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
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.
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 wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
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 eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
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.
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