The Goodness of God
28 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
19 sections
- Declared to Be: Abundant
- Declared to Be: Enduring
- Declared to Be: Great
- Declared to Be: Rich
- Declared to Be: Satisfying
- Declared to Be: Universal
- Manifested in Doing Good
- Manifested in Forgiving Sins
- Manifested in Providing for the Poor
- Manifested in Supplying Temporal Wants
- Manifested: Despise Not
- Manifested: Leads to Repentance
- Manifested: Magnify
- Manifested: Pray for the Manifestation of
- Manifested: Recognize, in his Dealings
- Manifested: Reverence
- Manifested: The Wicked Disregard
- Manifested: To his Church
- Manifested: Urge Others to Confide In
Declared to Be: Abundant
- Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Psalm 33:5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
Declared to Be: Enduring
- Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Psalm 52:1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
Declared to Be: Great
- Nehemiah 9:35 For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
- Zechariah 9:17 How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
Declared to Be: Rich
- Psalm 104:24 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Declared to Be: Satisfying
- Psalm 65:4 Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD — the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and …
- Jeremiah 31:14 I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
Declared to Be: Universal
- Psalm 145:9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
- Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Manifested in Doing Good
- Psalm 119:68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
- Psalm 145:9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
Manifested in Forgiving Sins
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 A large number of the people— many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun— had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who …
- Psalm 86:5 For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
Manifested in Providing for the Poor
- Psalm 68:10 Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
Manifested in Supplying Temporal Wants
- Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
Manifested: Despise Not
- Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Manifested: Leads to Repentance
- Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Manifested: Magnify
- Psalm 107:8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Jeremiah 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving …
Manifested: Pray for the Manifestation of
- 2 Thessalonians 1:11 To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
Manifested: Recognize, in his Dealings
- Ezra 8:18 And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah— a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel— along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
- Nehemiah 2:18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
Manifested: Reverence
- Jeremiah 33:9 So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
Manifested: The Wicked Disregard
- Nehemiah 9:35 For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
Manifested: To his Church
- Psalm 31:19 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
- Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Manifested: Urge Others to Confide In
- Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.