'Do Good' in the Bible
And he will do good to Abram on account of her; and there shall be to him sheep and oxen and he-asses, and servants and maids, and she-asses and camels.
And Jacob saith, 'God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee:
and Thou -- Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'
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.
and it shall be if thou wilt go with us, - yea it shall be that with the very good wherewith Yahweh shall do us good, will we do good unto thee.
If Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah to do good or bad out of my heart: what Jehovah shall say, that will I speak?
the one {feeding you} manna in the desert, [food] that your ancestors did not know, in order to humble you and in order to test you [so that he could] do good to you {in the future}.
This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.
Then Micah said, "Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite to my priest."
And they will sit down and eat, they two together, and drink: and the girl's father will say to the man, Be willing, now, and lodge, and do good to thy heart.
And now may Jehovah do kindness and truth to you. And I also do good to you, because you have done this thing.
{The crossing took place} to bring the household of the king over and to do good in his eyes. Then Shimei the son of Gera fell before the king when he crossed over the Jordan,
And also the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying. Thy God will do good to the name of Solomon above thy name, and he will magnify his throne above thy throne. And the king will worship upon the bed.
But when Sanballat the Horonite and his servant Tobiah the Ammonite heard of this, they were greatly distressed because someone had come to do good for the Israelis.
Then I told them how good my God had been to me, and about what the king had told me. They replied, "Let's get out there and build!" So they encouraged themselves to do good.
Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?
He did evil to the barren; she will not bear: andhewill not do good to the widow.
whether it be to punish any land, or to do good unto them, that seek him.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.
For in his living he will praise his soul, (and he will praise thee for thou wilt do good to thyself,)
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him.
Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.
You are good and do good;Teach me Your statutes.
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Refuse not to do good unto him that should have it, so long as thine hand is able to do it.
The righteous laboureth to do good; but the ungodly useth his increase unto sin.
A righteous man museth in his mind how to do good; but the mind of the ungodly imagineth how he may do harm.
It is a man's worship to do good; and better it is to be a poor man, than a dissembler.
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
For not a just man in the earth, who shall do good and not sin.
Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
Learn to do good! Seek justice! Rescue [the] oppressed! Defend [the] orphan! Plead for [the] widow!
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
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.
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.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to do good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.
And I will rejoice over them to do good [to] them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness with all my heart, and with all my inner self."
And I will cause {your population} to increase for you, and domestic animals, [even] they will be numerous, and they will be fruitful, and I will cause you to be inhabited like your {ancient times}, and I will do good [things] more than [in] your former times, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh.
Even if they go into exile among their enemies, from there I will order the sword to kill them. I will fix my gaze on them to inflict disaster, and not to do good.
And God saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, 'To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
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