'Good' in the Bible
Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness--every good course--
So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.
And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.
Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.
For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.
When good [is with] the righteous, [the] city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.
He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who inquires of evil, it will come to him.
The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns.
For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse {mind} will be despised.
From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good, and the reward of {a man's labor} will return to him.
Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.
From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.
Good sense grants favor, but the way of the faithless is coarse.
From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Have they not erred, those who plan evil? But loyalty and faithfulness [belong to] those who plan good.
In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good.
A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.
Joy [belongs] to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good [it is]!
From the light of the eyes, the heart will rejoice, and good news will enliven the bones.
A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.
[For] he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness.
Being partial [to] faces of evil [is] not good, [nor] to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
He who finds a wife finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.
Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.
He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.
An abomination of Yahweh [is] {a stone and a weight}, and scales of falsehood are not good.
My child, eat honey, for [it is] good, and the dripping of the honeycomb [is] sweet to your taste.
These [sayings] are also for the wise: {Partiality} in judgment is not good.
[Like] cold water upon a weary soul, [so too is] good news from a distant place.
To eat much honey is not good, nor [is] seeking one's honor honorable.
He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.
{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
She does him good, but not harm all the days of her life.
She perceives that her merchandise [is] good; her lamp does not go out in the night.
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