God is Good

• 2 Chron. 5:13 “and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD, and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud.”

• 2 Chron. 6:41 ““And now arise, O LORD God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.”

• 2 Chron. 30:18 “ For a majority of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good LORD pardon everyone.”

• Ps. 25:7 “Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!”

• Ps. 31:19 “Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!”

• Ps. 34:8 “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

• Ps. 52:9 “ I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.”

• Ps. 73:1 “Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.”

• Ps. 84:11 “For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”

• Ps. 100:5 “For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.”

• Ps. 106:1 “Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

• Ps. 107:1 “Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!”

• Ps. 118: 1 “Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!”

• Ps. 119:68 “You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.”

• Ps. 135:3 “Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!”

• Ps. 145: 7 “They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.”

• Jer. 33:10-11 ““Thus says the LORD: In this place of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD: “‘Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the LORD.”

• Lam. 3:25 “The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.”

• Matt. 5:45 “so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”

• Matt. 7:11 “ If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”

• Matt. 19:17 “And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.””

• Mark 10:18 “And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.”

• Acts 14:17 “Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.””

• Rom. 8:32 “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?”

• 2 Thess. 1:11 “To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power.”

• James 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

• 2 Peter 1:3 “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.”

• John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

• Acts 10:38 “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.”

• 1 Peter 2:2, 3 “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”