23 Bible Verses about Good People

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of [his] evil [treasury] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

He shall be for you a restorer of life and a sustainer in your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who [is] better for you than seven sons, has borne him."

So Elkanah her husband would say to her: "Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat? And {why are you heartsick}? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

Because you are precious in my eyes, you are honored, and I myself love you, and I give people in place of you, and nations in place of your life.

The precious sons of Zion weighed against fine gold, how they are thought of as earthen vessels of clay, the work of the potter's hands.

And [as] he was setting out on [his] way, one [individual] ran up and knelt down before him [and] asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, [by] doing what will I inherit eternal life?"

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few [things]; I will put you [in charge] over many [things]. Enter into the joy of your master!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few [things]; I will put you [in charge] over many [things]. Enter into the joy of your master!'

And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.

And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

"I am the good shepherd, and I know my [own], and my [own] know me,

For only rarely will someone die on behalf of a righteous person (for on behalf of a good person possibly someone might even dare to die),

Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that [you] yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

"Either make the tree good and its fruit [is] good, or make the tree bad and its fruit [is] bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

So the slaves of the master of the house came [and] said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

and the field is the world. And the good seed--these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.

because he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large number were added to the Lord.