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Words of Wisdom
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Reference
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And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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Genesis 1
:4
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And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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Genesis 2
:9
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For God doth know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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Genesis 3
:5, 6
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And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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Genesis 14
:11, 12
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And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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Genesis 15
:15
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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
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Genesis 18
:7
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Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
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Genesis 19
:8
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And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
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Genesis 21
:16
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And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
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Genesis 24
:10
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Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
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Genesis 25
:8
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That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
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Genesis 26
:29
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Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
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Genesis 27
:9
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And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
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Genesis 30
:20
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And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 31
:18
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And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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Genesis 32
:12
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And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored.
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Genesis 39
:6
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
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Genesis 40
:16
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And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
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Genesis 41
:5
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And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
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Genesis 43
:28
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And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
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Genesis 44
:4
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And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
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Genesis 45
:18
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And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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Genesis 46
:6
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And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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Genesis 49
:15
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But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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Genesis 50
:20
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And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
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Exodus 2
:2
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And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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Exodus 3
:8
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
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Exodus 18
:9
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The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
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Exodus 21
:34
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If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.
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Exodus 22
:8
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And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
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Exodus 33
:19
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And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
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Exodus 34
:6
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And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
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Exodus 39
:28
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Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
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Leviticus 5
:4
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And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
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Leviticus 23
:40
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And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
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Leviticus 24
:18
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He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
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Leviticus 27
:10
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And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
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Numbers 10
:29
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And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.
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Numbers 13
:19, 20
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And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
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Numbers 14
:7
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And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
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Numbers 16
:32
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God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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Numbers 23
:19
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How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
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Numbers 24
:5
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And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
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Numbers 31
:9, 10
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And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
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Numbers 35
:3
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And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
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Deuteronomy 1
:14
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And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
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Deuteronomy 2
:4
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I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
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Deuteronomy 3
:25
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Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
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Deuteronomy 4
:15
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And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
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Deuteronomy 6
:10, 11
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For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
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Deuteronomy 8
:7
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Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
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Deuteronomy 9
:6
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To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
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Deuteronomy 10
:13
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And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
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Deuteronomy 11
:17
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Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
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Deuteronomy 12
:28
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And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
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Deuteronomy 26
:11
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And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
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Deuteronomy 28
:11, 12
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And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
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Deuteronomy 30
:5
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Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
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Deuteronomy 31
:6, 7
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And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
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Deuteronomy 33
:16
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Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
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Joshua 1
:6
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When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
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Joshua 7
:21
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And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
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Joshua 9
:25
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And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
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Joshua 10
:25
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There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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Joshua 21
:45
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Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
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Joshua 23
:11
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If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
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Joshua 24
:20
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And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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Judges 8
:32
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But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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Judges 9
:11
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And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
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Judges 10
:15
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Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
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Judges 17
:13
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And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
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Judges 18
:9
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Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
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Judges 19
:24
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And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
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Ruth 2
:22
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And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
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1 Samuel 1
:23
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Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.
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1 Samuel 2
:24
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And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
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1 Samuel 3
:18
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And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
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1 Samuel 8
:16
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And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
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1 Samuel 9
:2
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Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
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1 Samuel 11
:10
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Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
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1 Samuel 12
:23
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And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
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1 Samuel 14
:36
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But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
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1 Samuel 15
:9
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And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
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1 Samuel 16
:12
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And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
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1 Samuel 19
:4
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And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee;
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1 Samuel 20
:12
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And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
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1 Samuel 24
:4
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Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
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1 Samuel 25
:3
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This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
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1 Samuel 26
:16
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Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
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1 Samuel 29
:6
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And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
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2 Samuel 3
:19
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When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
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2 Samuel 4
:10
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And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
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2 Samuel 6
:19
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And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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2 Samuel 7
:28
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Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
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2 Samuel 10
:12
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And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
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2 Samuel 13
:22
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Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
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2 Samuel 14
:17
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And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
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2 Samuel 15
:3
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It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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2 Samuel 16
:12
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And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
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2 Samuel 17
:7
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And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
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2 Samuel 18
:27
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And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
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2 Samuel 19
:18
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And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
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2 Samuel 23
:21
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And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
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2 Samuel 24
:22
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And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
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1 Kings 1
:6
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And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
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1 Kings 2
:38
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Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
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1 Kings 3
:9
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Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
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1 Kings 8
:36
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And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
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1 Kings 12
:7
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And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
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1 Kings 14
:13
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Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
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1 Kings 20
:3
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And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
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1 Kings 21
:2
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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1 Kings 22
:8
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And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
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2 Kings 3
:19
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Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
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2 Kings 7
:9
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So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
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2 Kings 8
:9
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And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
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2 Kings 10
:5
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I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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.
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2 Kings 20
:3
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And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
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1 Chronicles 4
:40
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And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
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1 Chronicles 13
:2
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And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
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1 Chronicles 16
:3
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And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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1 Chronicles 17
:26
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Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
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1 Chronicles 19
:13
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And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
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1 Chronicles 21
:23
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Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
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1 Chronicles 22
:13
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Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
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1 Chronicles 28
:8
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Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
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1 Chronicles 29
:3
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It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
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2 Chronicles 5
:13
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Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
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2 Chronicles 6
:27
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And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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2 Chronicles 7
:3
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And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
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2 Chronicles 10
:7
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And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
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2 Chronicles 14
:2
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And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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2 Chronicles 18
:7
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Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
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2 Chronicles 19
:3
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Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
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2 Chronicles 21
:14
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And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
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2 Chronicles 24
:16
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For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
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2 Chronicles 30
:18
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And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
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2 Chronicles 31
:20
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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 32
:32
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Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
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2 Chronicles 35
:26
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And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 36
:10
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And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 1
:4
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And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
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Ezra 3
:11
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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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Ezra 5
:17
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Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
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Ezra 6
:8
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For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
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Ezra 7
:9
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And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
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Ezra 8
:18
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Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
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Ezra 9
:12
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Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
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Ezra 10
:4
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And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
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Nehemiah 2
:8
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Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
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Nehemiah 5
:9
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Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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Nehemiah 6
:19
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Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
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Nehemiah 9
:13
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Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
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Nehemiah 13
:14
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And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
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Esther 3
:11
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And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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Esther 5
:4
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And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
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Esther 7
:9
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And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
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Esther 8
:17
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Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
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Esther 9
:19
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But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
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Job 2
:10
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Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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Job 5
:27
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O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
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Job 7
:7
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Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
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Job 9
:25
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Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
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Job 10
:3
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Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
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Job 13
:9
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Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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Job 15
:3
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His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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Job 20
:10
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Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Job 21
:16
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Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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Job 22
:18
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He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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Job 24
:21
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When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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Job 30
:26
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Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
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Job 34
:4
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Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
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Job 39
:4
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There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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Psalms 4
:6
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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.
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Psalms 14
:1
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O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
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Psalms 16
:2
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For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
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Psalms 21
:3
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Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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Psalms 23
:6
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Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
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Psalms 25
:7, 8
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I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
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Psalms 27
:13, 14
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Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
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Psalms 31
:19
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He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
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Psalms 33
:5
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O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
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Psalms 34
:8
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They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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Psalms 35
:12
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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.
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Psalms 36
:3, 4
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Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
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Psalms 37
:3
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
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Psalms 38
:20
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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
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Psalms 39
:2
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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.
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Psalms 45
:1
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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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Psalms 51
:18
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Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
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Psalms 52
:1
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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.
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Psalms 53
:1
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I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
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Psalms 54
:6
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Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
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Psalms 65
:4
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Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
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Psalms 68
:10
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Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
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Psalms 69
:16
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Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
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Psalms 73
:1
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The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
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Psalms 80
:10
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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.
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Psalms 84
:11
|
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Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
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Psalms 85
:12
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For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
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Psalms 86
:5
|
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IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
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Psalms 92
:1
|
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For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
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Psalms 100
:5
|
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Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
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Psalms 103
:5
|
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That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
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Psalms 104
:28
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Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Psalms 106
:1
|
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O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Psalms 107
:1
|
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And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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Psalms 109
:5
|
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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.
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Psalms 111
:10
|
|
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
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Psalms 112
:5
|
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O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
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Psalms 118
:1
|
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Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
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Psalms 119
:39
|
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Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
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Psalms 122
:9
|
|
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
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Psalms 125
:4
|
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The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
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Psalms 128
:5
|
|
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
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Psalms 133
:1
|
|
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
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Psalms 135
:3
|
|
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Psalms 136
:1
|
|
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
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Psalms 143
:10
|
|
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
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Psalms 144
:2
|
|
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
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Psalms 145
:7
|
|
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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Psalms 147
:1
|
|
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
|
Proverbs 2
:9
|
|
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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Proverbs 3
:4
|
|
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
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Proverbs 4
:2
|
|
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
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Proverbs 7
:19
|
|
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
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Proverbs 11
:17
|
|
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
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Proverbs 12
:2
|
|
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
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Proverbs 13
:2
|
|
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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Proverbs 14
:14
|
|
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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Proverbs 15
:3
|
|
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
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Proverbs 16
:20
|
|
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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Proverbs 17
:13
|
|
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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Proverbs 18
:5
|
|
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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Proverbs 19
:2
|
|
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Proverbs 20
:6
|
|
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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Proverbs 22
:1
|
|
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
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Proverbs 24
:13
|
|
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
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Proverbs 25
:25
|
|
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.
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Proverbs 28
:10
|
|
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
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Proverbs 31
:12
|
|
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.
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Ecclesiastes 2
:3
|
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.
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Ecclesiastes 3
:12, 13
|
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.
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Ecclesiastes 4
:8, 9
|
|
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?
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Ecclesiastes 5
:11
|
|
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.
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Ecclesiastes 6
:3
|
|
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
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Ecclesiastes 7
:1
|
|
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.
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Ecclesiastes 9
:2
|
|
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.
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Ecclesiastes 11
:6
|
|
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.
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Ecclesiastes 12
:9
|
|
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
|
Song of Solomon 1
:3
|
|
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.
|
Song of Solomon 2
:13
|
|
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
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Isaiah 1
:19
|
|
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!
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Isaiah 5
:20
|
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.
|
Isaiah 7
:15, 16
|
|
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.
|
Isaiah 38
:3
|
|
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.
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Isaiah 39
:8
|
|
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
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Isaiah 40
:6
|
|
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
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Isaiah 41
:6
|
|
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!
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Isaiah 52
:7
|
|
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.
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Isaiah 55
:2
|
|
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;
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Isaiah 61
:1
|
|
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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Isaiah 63
:7
|
|
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;
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Isaiah 65
:2
|
|
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
|
Jeremiah 2
:7
|
|
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
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Jeremiah 3
:19
|
|
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.
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Jeremiah 4
:22
|
|
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
|
Jeremiah 5
:25
|
|
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.
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Jeremiah 6
:16
|
|
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
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Jeremiah 8
:15
|
|
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.
|
Jeremiah 10
:5
|
|
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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Jeremiah 11
:16
|
|
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.
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Jeremiah 13
:10
|
|
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
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Jeremiah 14
:11
|
|
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.
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Jeremiah 17
:6
|
|
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.
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Jeremiah 18
:4
|
|
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.
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Jeremiah 21
:10
|
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.
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Jeremiah 24
:2, 3
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As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
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Jeremiah 26
:14
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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.
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Jeremiah 29
:10
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Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
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Jeremiah 31
:12
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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.
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Jeremiah 32
:39-42
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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.
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Jeremiah 33
:9
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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.
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Jeremiah 39
:16
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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.
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Jeremiah 40
:4
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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.
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Jeremiah 42
:6
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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.
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