What
is goodness?
Kindness
to others.
It’s
about love for others.
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Dictionary
- goodness
integrity,
honesty, uprightness, probity. Goodness, morality, virtue refer to
qualities of character or conduct that entitle the possessor to approval and
esteem. Goodness is the simple word for the general quality recognized
in character or conduct: Many could tell of her goodness and kindness.
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God
is full of goodness and He wants us to be full of goodness.
Goodness
is related to kindness.
Psalm
23;6
Surely
goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my
life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Romans
8;28
And
we know that God causes all things to work together for good to
those who love God, to those who are called according to His
purpose.
Psalm
31;19
How
great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who
fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the
sons of men!
Psalm
145;7
They
shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness And will
shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
Galatians
5;22
But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness.
Psalm
111
The
Lord Praised for His Goodness.
111
Praise
the Lord!
I
will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In
the company of the upright and in the assembly.
2
Great
are the works of the Lord;
They
are studied by all who delight in them.
3
Splendid
and majestic is His work,
And
His righteousness endures forever.
4
He
has made His wonders to be remembered;
The
Lord is gracious and compassionate.
5
He
has given food to those who fear Him;
He
will remember His covenant forever.
6
He
has made known to His people the power of His works,
In
giving them the heritage of the nations.
7
The
works of His hands are truth and justice;
All
His precepts are sure.
8
They
are upheld forever and ever;
They
are performed in truth and uprightness.
9
He
has sent redemption to His people;
He
has ordained His covenant forever;
Holy
and awesome is His name.
10
The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A
good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His
praise endures forever.
Exodus
18;9
Jethro
rejoiced over all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel,
in delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians.
Exodus
33;19
And
He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and
will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I
will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.”
2
Samuel 2;6
Now
may the Lord show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness
to you, because you have done this thing.
1
Kings 8;66
On
the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went
to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that
the Lord had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people.
2
Chronicles 7;10
Then
on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents,
rejoicing and happy of heart because of the goodness that the
Lord had shown to David and to Solomon and to His people Israel.
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Nehemiah
9;25
“They
captured fortified cities and a fertile land. They took possession of houses
full of every good thing, Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Fruit trees
in abundance. So they ate, were filled and grew fat, And reveled in Your great goodness.
Nehemiah
9;35
“But
they, in their own kingdom, With Your great goodness which You
gave them, With the broad and rich land which You set before them, Did not
serve You or turn from their evil deeds.
Psalm
25;7
Do
not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to Your
lovingkindness remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.
Psalm
27;13
I
would have despaired
unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
Psalm
31;19
How
great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who
fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the
psons of men!
Psalm
65;4
How
blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell
in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your
house, Your holy temple.
Psalm
68;10
Your
creatures settled in it; You provided in Your goodness for the
poor, O God.
Psalm
111;1
[ The
Lord Praised for His Goodness. ] Praise the Lord! I will give
thanks to the Lord with all my heart, In the company of the
upright and in the assembly.
Psalm
118;1
[ Thanksgiving
for the Lord’s Saving Goodness. ] Give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm
145;1
[ The
Lord Extolled for His Goodness. ] [ A Psalm of Praise, of
David. ] I will extol You, my God, O King, And I will bless Your name
forever and ever.
Jeremiah
31;14
“I
will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be
satisfied with My goodness,” declares the Lord.
Hosea
3;5
Afterward
the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their
king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness
in the last days.
Romans
15;14
And
concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are
full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to
admonish one another.
Ephesians
5;9
(for
the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and
righteousness and truth).
2
Thessalonians 1;11
To
this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of
your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work
of faith with power.
Philemon
1;14
but
without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness
would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.