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It is an attribute of God and a fruit of the Spirit that believers are called to exhibit in their lives. Goodness encompasses actions, intentions, and character that align with God's will and reflect His nature.<br><br><b>Biblical Foundation:</b> <br>The concept of goodness is deeply rooted in the character of God. In <a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Exodus 33:19</a>, God declares, "I will cause all My goodness to pass before you, and I will proclaim My name, the LORD, in your presence." This passage highlights that goodness is intrinsic to God's nature. Similarly, <a href="/psalms/34-8.htm">Psalm 34:8</a> invites believers to "taste and see that the LORD is good," emphasizing the experiential knowledge of God's goodness.<br><br><b>Goodness as a Fruit of the Spirit:</b> <br>In the New Testament, goodness is listed as one of the fruits of the Spirit in <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." This indicates that goodness is a result of the Holy Spirit's work in a believer's life, transforming them to reflect God's character.<br><br><b>Manifestation in Believers:</b> <br>Believers are called to demonstrate goodness in their actions and interactions with others. <a href="/ephesians/5-9.htm">Ephesians 5:9</a> states, "For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth." This verse suggests that living in the light of Christ naturally produces goodness. Furthermore, in <a href="/romans/15-14.htm">Romans 15:14</a>, Paul expresses confidence in the Roman believers, saying, "I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another."<br><br><b>Goodness in Action:</b> <br>Goodness is not merely an abstract quality but is expressed through tangible actions. In <a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16</a>, Jesus instructs, "In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." This call to action underscores the importance of living out goodness in a way that points others to God.<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Implications:</b> <br>The pursuit of goodness involves moral and ethical living, aligning one's life with God's commandments and principles. <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> encapsulates this call: "He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" This verse highlights the ethical dimensions of goodness, including justice, mercy, and humility.<br><br><b>Challenges and Encouragement:</b> <br>While believers are called to embody goodness, they face challenges due to the fallen nature of the world and their own sinful inclinations. However, <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:11</a> offers encouragement: "With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith." This prayer acknowledges the need for divine assistance in cultivating goodness.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b> <br>Goodness, as a reflection of God's character and a fruit of the Spirit, is an essential aspect of the Christian life. It involves both inner transformation and outward expression, calling believers to live in a way that honors God and serves others. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Christians are equipped to pursue and manifest goodness in a world that desperately needs it.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>In man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance of all moral evil, and the choosing and following of all moral good. <p>Goodness of God<p>A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various circumstances and relations (<a href="/psalms/145-8.htm">Psalm 145:8</a>, 9; <a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">103:8</a>; 1 <a href="/john/4-8.htm">John 4:8</a>). Viewed generally, it is benevolence; as exercised with respect to the miseries of his creatures it is mercy, pity, compassion, and in the case of impenitent sinners, long-suffering patience; as exercised in communicating favour on the unworthy it is grace. "Goodness and justice are the several aspects of one unchangeable, infinitely wise, and sovereign moral perfection. God is not sometimes merciful and sometimes just, but he is eternally infinitely just and merciful." God is infinitely and unchangeably good (<a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm">Zephaniah 3:17</a>), and his goodness is incomprehensible by the finite mind (<a href="/romans/11-35.htm">Romans 11:35</a>, 36). "God's goodness appears in two things, giving and forgiving." <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">GOODNESS</span><p>good'-nes: This word in the Old Testament is the translation of Tobh (<a href="/exodus/18-9.htm">Exodus 18:9</a> <a href="/psalms/16-2.htm">Psalm 16:2</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "good"; 23:6), etc.; of Tubh (<a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Exodus 33:19</a> <a href="/psalms/31-19.htm">Psalm 31:19</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-14.htm">Jeremiah 31:14</a> <a href="/hosea/3-5.htm">Hosea 3:5</a>), etc.; of checedh (<a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6</a>), "abundant in goodness," the English Revised Version "plenteous in mercy," the American Standard Revised Version "abundant in loving kindness"; "The goodness of God endureth continually," the Revised Version (British and American) "mercy," the American Standard Revised Version "loving kindness" (<a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1</a>), etc.<br><br>In the New Testament it is the translation of chrestotes ("usefulness," benignity); "the riches of his goodness" (<a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a>; <a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a>, thrice); of chrestos ("useful," "benign," "kind," in <a href="/luke/6-35.htm">Luke 6:35</a>); "The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance" (<a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a>); of agathosune (found only in the New Testament and Septuagint and writings based thereon), "full of goodness." (<a href="/romans/15-14.htm">Romans 15:14</a>); "gentleness, goodness, faith" (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a>); "in all goodness and righteousness and truth" (<a href="/ephesians/5-9.htm">Ephesians 5:9</a>); "all the good pleasure of his goodness," the Revised Version (British and American) "every desire of goodness." (<a href="/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:11</a>).<br><br>The thought of God as good and the prominence given to "good" and "goodness" are distinctive features of the Bible. In the passage quoted above from <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a>, "goodness" is one of the fruits of the indwelling Spirit of God, and in that from <a href="/ephesians/5-9.htm">Ephesians 5:9</a> it is described as being, along with righteousness and truth, "the fruit of the light" which Christians had been "made" in Christ. Here, as elsewhere, we are reminded that the Christian life in its truth is likeness to God, the source and perfection of all good. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:11</a> regards God Himself as expressing His goodness in and through us.<br><br>See <a href="../g/good.htm">GOOD</a>; <a href="../g/good.htm">GOOD, CHIEF</a>.<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5544.htm"><span class="l">5544. chrestotes -- <b>goodness</b>, excellence, uprightness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>goodness</b>, excellence, uprightness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> chrestotes Phonetic Spelling: (khray-stot'-ace) Short Definition: <b>goodness</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5544.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/19b.htm"><span class="l">19b. agathosune -- <b>goodness</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> agathosune. 20 . <b>goodness</b>. Transliteration: agathosune Short Definition: <b>goodness</b>.<br> Word Origin from agathos Definition <b>goodness</b> NASB Word Usage <b>goodness</b> (4). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/19b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/703.htm"><span class="l">703. arete -- moral <b>goodness</b>, ie virtue</span></a> <br><b>...</b> moral <b>goodness</b>, ie virtue. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: arete<br> Phonetic Spelling: (ar-et'-ay) Short Definition: virtue, moral excellence <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/703.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/19.htm"><span class="l">19. agathosune -- to do good</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to do good. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: agathosune Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ag-ath-o-soo'-nay) Short Definition: <b>goodness</b> Definition: intrinsic <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/19.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4102.htm"><span class="l">4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> boast" (). Gal 5:22,23: " 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,.<br> patience, kindness, <b>goodness</b>, (4102), 23 gentleness,. self <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4102.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 18k</font><p><a href="/greek/2107.htm"><span class="l">2107. eudokia -- good pleasure</span></a> <br><b>...</b> you -- for the purpose () that our God may deem you worthy of the calling, and may<br> fulfill every (2107 , of God) that comes from (His) <b>goodness</b> and (His) (4102 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2107.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/18.htm"><span class="l">18. agathos -- good</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin of uncertain origin Definition good NASB Word Usage generous (1), good<br> (81), good man (2), good thing (6), good things (6), <b>goodness</b> (1), goods (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/18.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2898.htm"><span class="l">2898. tub -- good things, goods, <b>goodness</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 2897, 2898. tub. 2899 . good things, goods, <b>goodness</b>. Transliteration:<br> tub Phonetic Spelling: (toob) Short Definition: <b>goodness</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2898.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/285.htm"><span class="l">285. Achitub -- "my brother is <b>goodness</b>," two Israelites</span></a><br><b>...</b> 284, 285. Achitub. 286 . "my brother is <b>goodness</b>," two Israelites. Transliteration:<br> Achitub Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-toob') Short Definition: Ahitub. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/285.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/36.htm"><span class="l">36. Abitub -- "my father is <b>goodness</b>," a Benjamite</span></a><br><b>...</b> 35, 36. Abitub. 37 . "my father is <b>goodness</b>," a Benjamite. Transliteration:<br> Abitub Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-toob') Short Definition: Abitub. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/36.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2617a.htm"><span class="l">2617a. chesed -- <b>goodness</b>, kindness</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2617, 2617a. chesed. 2617b . <b>goodness</b>, kindness. Transliteration: chesed<br> Short Definition: lovingkindness. Word Origin from chasad <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2617a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm"><span class="l">2617. checed -- <b>goodness</b>, kindness</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2616b, 2617. checed. 2617a . <b>goodness</b>, kindness. Transliteration: checed<br> Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-sed) Short Definition: favour. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2617.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2899b.htm"><span class="l">2899b. tobah -- welfare, benefit, good things, good</span></a><br><b>...</b> good NASB Word Usage bounty (1), enjoy* (2), favorably disposed (1), good (34),<br> good deeds (1), good thing (2), good things (3), <b>goodness</b> (5), happiness (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2899b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2896b.htm"><span class="l">2896b. tob -- a good thing, benefit, welfare</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from tob Definition a good thing, benefit, welfare NASB Word Usage enjoy*<br> (1), good (66), good thing (3), good things (2), <b>goodness</b> (1), graciously <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2896b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2900.htm"><span class="l">2900. Tobiyyahu -- "Yah is my good," three Israelites, also an <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Or Towbiyahuw {to-bee-yaw'-hoo}; from towb and Yahh; <b>goodness</b> of Jehovah; Tobijah,<br> the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan -- Tobiah, Tobijah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2900.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_goodness_of_the_2.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Goodness</b> of the Will Depends on the Object Alone?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>GOODNESS</b> AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES) Whether<br> the <b>goodness</b> of the will depends on the object alone? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the goodness of the 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_goodness_of_the_5.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Goodness</b> of the Will, as Regards the Means, Depends on <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>GOODNESS</b> AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES) Whether<br> the <b>goodness</b> of the will, as regards the means, depends on the intention of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the goodness of the 5.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/goodness_in_a_dungeon.htm"><span class="l"><b>Goodness</b> in a Dungeon</span></a> <br><b>...</b> GENESIS <b>GOODNESS</b> IN A DUNGEON. 'And Joseph's <b>...</b> woman. He had wrecked his career<br> by his <b>goodness</b>. 'What a fool!' says the world. 'How <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/goodness in a dungeon.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_goodness_of_the.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Goodness</b> of the Will Depends on the Object?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>GOODNESS</b> AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES)<br> Whether the <b>goodness</b> of the will depends on the object? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the goodness of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_goodness_of_the_3.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Goodness</b> of the Will Depends on Reason?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>GOODNESS</b> AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES) Whether<br> the <b>goodness</b> of the will depends on reason? Objection <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the goodness of the 3.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/the_good_news_of_god/sermon_v_the_eternal_goodness.htm"><span class="l">The Eternal <b>Goodness</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> SERMON V. THE ETERNAL <b>GOODNESS</b>. Matthew 22:39. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as<br> thyself. <b>...</b> Many people think so. They think that God made <b>goodness</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon v the eternal goodness.htm</font><p><a href="/library/julian/revelations_of_divine_love/chapter_vi_the_goodness_of.htm"><span class="l">"The <b>Goodness</b> of God is the Highest Prayer, and it Cometh Down to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE FIRST REVELATION CHAPTER VI "The <b>Goodness</b> of God is the highest prayer,<br> and it cometh down to the lowest part of our need". "The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter vi the goodness of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_goodness_of_the_4.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Goodness</b> of the Will Depends on the Eternal Law?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>GOODNESS</b> AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES)<br> Whether the <b>goodness</b> of the will depends on the eternal law? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the goodness of the 4.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_goodness_of_the_6.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Goodness</b> of the Will Depends on Its Conformity to the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>GOODNESS</b> AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES) Whether<br> the <b>goodness</b> of the will depends on its conformity to the Divine will? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the goodness of the 6.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_ii_the_goodness_of.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Goodness</b> of the Son of God is Proved from his Works...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>goodness</b> of the Son of God is proved from His works? <b>...</b> It is to one's own interest<br> to believe in the <b>goodness</b> of Him Who is one's Lord and Judge. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ii the goodness of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/goodness.htm"><span class="l"><b>Goodness</b> (83 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Goodness</b> of God. <b>...</b> "<b>Goodness</b> and justice are the several aspects of one<br> unchangeable, infinitely wise, and sovereign moral perfection. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/goodness.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/long-suffering.htm"><span class="l">Long-suffering (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 2:4 or despisest thou the riches of his <b>goodness</b>, and forbearance, and<br> long-suffering, not knowing that the <b>goodness</b> of God leads thee to repentance? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/long-suffering.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bounty.htm"><span class="l">Bounty (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) <b>Goodness</b>, kindness; virtue; worth. 2 <b>...</b> therein.<br> You, God, prepared your <b>goodness</b> for the poor. (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bounty.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/good.htm"><span class="l">Good (8348 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> noted in the Revised Version (British and American) are such as, "good" for "ready"<br> (Isaiah 41:7); "I have no good beyond thee" for "My <b>goodness</b> extendeth not <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/good.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/infinite.htm"><span class="l">Infinite (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably<br> or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and <b>goodness</b> of God <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/infinite.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/patience.htm"><span class="l">Patience (59 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is in reliance on God and acceptance of His will, with trust in His <b>goodness</b>,<br> wisdom and faithfulness, that we are enabled to endure and to hope stedfastly. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/patience.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/leads.htm"><span class="l">Leads (64 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> They extolled the <b>goodness</b> of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also<br> God has given the repentance which leads to Life." (WEY NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/leads.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/forbearance.htm"><span class="l">Forbearance (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> for-bar'-ans (anoche): "Forbearance" (anoche, "a holding back") is ascribed to God<br> (Romans 2:4, "the riches of his <b>goodness</b> and forbearance and longsuffering <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/forbearance.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahitub.htm"><span class="l">Ahitub (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Brother of <b>goodness</b> = good. (1.) The son of Phinehas.<br> On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahitub.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/abitub.htm"><span class="l">Abitub (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Father of <b>goodness</b>, a Benjamite (1 Chronicles<br> 8:11). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABITUB. ab'-i-tub <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/abitub.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/fruit-Holy-Spirit-goodness.html">The Fruit of the Holy Spirit What is goodness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/goodness-of-God.html">How can I believe in the goodness of God when there is so much evil in the world? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-good.html">What does it mean that God is good? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/goodness.htm">Goodness: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Goodness (83 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-48.htm">Matthew 5:48</a></span><br />You however are to be complete in <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, as your Heavenly Father is complete.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-17.htm">Matthew 19:17</a></span><br />And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/16-15.htm">Luke 16:15</a></span><br />"You are they," He said to them, "who boast of their own <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> before men, but God sees your hearts; for that which holds a proud position among men is detestable in God's sight.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/11-18.htm">Acts 11:18</a></span><br />This statement of Peter's silenced his opponents. They extolled the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also God has given the repentance which leads to Life."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a></span><br />Or do you despise the riches of his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/3-12.htm">Romans 3:12</a></span><br />All have gone out of the way, they have together become unprofitable; there is not one that practises <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, there is not so much as one:<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/9-23.htm">Romans 9:23</a></span><br />in order to make known His infinite <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a></span><br />See then the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/12-21.htm">Romans 12:21</a></span><br />Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome the evil with <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-14.htm">Romans 15:14</a></span><br />I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-9.htm">2 Corinthians 8:9</a></span><br />For you know the condescending <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of our Lord Jesus Christ--how for your sakes He became poor, though He was rich, in order that you through His poverty might grow rich.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-19.htm">2 Corinthians 12:19</a></span><br />You are imagining, all this time, that we are making our defense at your bar. In reality it is as in God's presence and in communion with Christ that we speak; but, dear friends, it is all with a view to your progress in <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22</a></span><br />But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, faith,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/2-7.htm">Ephesians 2:7</a></span><br />in order that, by His <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> to us in Christ Jesus, He might display in the Ages to come the transcendent riches of His grace.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-9.htm">Ephesians 5:9</a></span><br />for the fruit of the Spirit is in all <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> and righteousness and truth,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:11</a></span><br />To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> and work of faith, with power;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-3.htm">2 Timothy 3:3</a></span><br />destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/1-8.htm">Titus 1:8</a></span><br />but hospitable to strangers, a lover of <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, sober-minded, upright, saintly, self-controlled;<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/3-4.htm">Titus 3:4</a></span><br />But when the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-14.htm">Philemon 1:14</a></span><br />But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> would not be as of necessity, but of free will.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5</a></span><br />and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/2-3.htm">1 Peter 2:3</a></span><br />if you have had any experience of the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of the Lord. <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/1-3.htm">2 Peter 1:3</a></span><br />seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">2 Peter 1:5</a></span><br />Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/19-19.htm">Genesis 19:19</a></span><br />behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/18-9.htm">Exodus 18:9</a></span><br />Jethro rejoiced for all the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Exodus 33:19</a></span><br />He said, "I will make all my <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6</a></span><br />And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> and truth,<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/10-32.htm">Numbers 10:32</a></span><br />And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></span><br />Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/8-35.htm">Judges 8:35</a></span><br />neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> which he had shown to Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm">2 Samuel 2:6</a></span><br />And, now, Jehovah doth with you kindness and truth, and also, I do with you this good because ye have done this thing;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/7-28.htm">2 Samuel 7:28</a></span><br />And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> unto thy servant:<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/8-66.htm">1 Kings 8:66</a></span><br />On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/10-7.htm">1 Kings 10:7</a></span><br />and I gave no credence to the words till that I have come, and my eyes see, and lo, it was not declared to me -- the half; thou hast added wisdom and <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> unto the report that I heard.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-26.htm">1 Chronicles 17:26</a></span><br />And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> unto thy servant:<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-41.htm">2 Chronicles 6:41</a></span><br />Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-10.htm">2 Chronicles 7:10</a></span><br />On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-32.htm">2 Chronicles 32:32</a></span><br />Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, 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.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-26.htm">2 Chronicles 35:26</a></span><br />Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Nehemiah 9:25</a></span><br />They took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-35.htm">Nehemiah 9:35</a></span><br />For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> that you gave them, and in the large and fat land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/16-2.htm">Psalms 16:2</a></span><br />O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> extendeth not to thee;<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/21-3.htm">Psalms 21:3</a></span><br />For you meet him with the blessings of <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>. You set a crown of fine gold on his head. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/23-6.htm">Psalms 23:6</a></span><br />Surely <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/25-7.htm">Psalms 25:7</a></span><br />Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>' sake, Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/27-13.htm">Psalms 27:13</a></span><br />I am still confident of this: I will see the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of Yahweh in the land of the living. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/31-19.htm">Psalms 31:19</a></span><br />Oh how great is your <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/33-5.htm">Psalms 33:5</a></span><br />He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of the LORD. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalms 52:1</a></span><br />Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of God endureth continually.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/65-4.htm">Psalms 65:4</a></span><br />Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of your house, your holy temple.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/65-11.htm">Psalms 65:11</a></span><br />Thou crownest the year with thy <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>; and thy paths drop fatness. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-10.htm">Psalms 68:10</a></span><br />Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> for the poor.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/69-16.htm">Psalms 69:16</a></span><br />Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Psalms 86:15</a></span><br />But thou, Lord, art a ?God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> and truth.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/86-17.htm">Psalms 86:17</a></span><br />Show me a sign of your <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-8.htm">Psalms 107:8</a></span><br />Oh that men would praise the LORD for his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-9.htm">Psalms 107:9</a></span><br />For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-15.htm">Psalms 107:15</a></span><br />Oh that men would praise the LORD for his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-21.htm">Psalms 107:21</a></span><br />Oh that men would praise the LORD for his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-31.htm">Psalms 107:31</a></span><br />Oh that men would praise the LORD for his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/109-21.htm">Psalms 109:21</a></span><br />But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake; because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/116-12.htm">Psalms 116:12</a></span><br />What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me? <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-66.htm">Psalms 119:66</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/142-7.htm">Psalms 142:7</a></span><br />Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/144-2.htm">Psalms 144:2</a></span><br />My <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/145-7.htm">Psalms 145:7</a></span><br />They will utter the memory of your great <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and will sing of your righteousness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/20-6.htm">Proverbs 20:6</a></span><br />Most men will proclaim every one his own <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>: but a faithful man who can find? <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:3</a></span><br />If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he 'is' the untimely birth.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm">Isaiah 63:7</a></span><br />I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh, and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has bestowed on us, and the great <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7</a></span><br />I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a></span><br />They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-14.htm">Jeremiah 31:14</a></span><br />I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/33-9.htm">Jeremiah 33:9</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/3-5.htm">Hosea 3:5</a></span><br />Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> in the latter days.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1</a></span><br />Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, nor knowledge of God in the land.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/6-4.htm">Hosea 6:4</a></span><br />O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.<br /><span class="source">(ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1</a></span><br />Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of his land they have made goodly images.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/10-11.htm">Hosea 10:11</a></span><br />And Ephraim 'is' a trained heifer -- loving to thresh, And I -- I have passed over on the <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of its neck, I cause 'one' to ride Ephraim, Plough doth Judah, harrow for him doth Jacob.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a></span><br />He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and to walk humbly with thy God?<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/3-4.htm">Nahum 3:4</a></span><br />Because of the abundance of the fornications of an harlot, The <span class="boldtext">goodness</span> of the grace of the lady of witchcrafts, Who is selling nations by her fornications, And families by her witchcrafts.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/9-17.htm">Zechariah 9:17</a></span><br />For how great is his <span class="boldtext">goodness</span>, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/g/goodness.htm">Goodness</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_goodness_of_god_is_part_of_his_character.htm">The Goodness of God is Part of his Character</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_goodness_of_god--declared_to_be--abundant.htm">The Goodness of God: Declared to Be: Abundant</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_goodness_of_god--declared_to_be--enduring.htm">The Goodness of God: Declared to Be: Enduring</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_goodness_of_god--declared_to_be--great.htm">The Goodness of God: Declared to Be: Great</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/t/the_goodness_of_god--declared_to_be--rich.htm">The Goodness of God: Declared to Be: Rich</a></p><p class="pspc"><a 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