Bible verses about "good" | ACV

⁵ For LORD is good. His loving kindness is forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

²¹ but examine all things. Hold firm the good.

¹⁷ And as he was going forth on the way, one man having ran to him, and having knelt to him, questioned him, Good teacher, what should I do that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁸ And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God. ¹⁹ Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother. ²⁰ And having answered, he said to him, Teacher, all these things I have observed from my youth. ²¹ And having looked at him, Jesus loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lack. Go thou, sell as many things as thou have, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And after taking up the cross, come, follow me. ²² But having become somber at the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was a man who has many possessions.

¹ Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, ² but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. ³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper. ⁴ The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. ⁵ Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. ⁶ For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

²¹ Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.