For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.

Many say, “Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, Lord!

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity – every good way.

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for good to come to these people!

I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

Now someone came up to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

He must not replace or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good, and if he does indeed exchange one animal for another animal, then both the original animal and its substitute will be holy.