50 Bible Verses about God Turning Bad Things Into Good
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And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.
Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:
In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.
And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.
Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.
And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.
Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
So now, make a change for the better in your ways and your doings, and give ear to the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will let himself be turned from the decision he has made against you for evil.
Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.
For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.
And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.
He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.
Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
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