[There be] many that say, Who will show us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.
The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good.
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.
For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
[That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
A good man showeth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: because his mercy [endureth] for ever.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his name; for [it is] pleasant.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.
The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
[Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.
To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?
Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.
[It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.
Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.
The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
The spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way [that was] not good, after their own thoughts;
For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you.
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!
They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make [it].
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up.
As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be [accomplished] in that day before thee.
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which [were] upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land [is] before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that [are] in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
[As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
Wherefore I gave them also statutes [that were] not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
Gather the pieces thereof into it, [even] every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill [it] with the choice bones.
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and [in] a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
[Seemeth it] a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that [were] not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof [is] good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Israel hath cast off [the thing that is] good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
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