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.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
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.
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 forth from them all.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;
on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
"'Whether one does evil or good to them, they are not able to repay it; neither can they set up a king or put him down.
They can show no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
Therefore, it is neither to be supposed nor said that they are gods, since they are able neither to judge cases, nor to do good to men.
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."
Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, "Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman's house." The king said, "Hang him on it!"
In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.
as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.
If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
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 many 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, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel.
Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?
Then you shall remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to the LORD, "For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel." All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter."
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