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What Does the Bible Say About Doing Good?

Here are 9 Bible verses about doing good, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Galatians 6:9

    And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

    BSBLet us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  2. #2Matthew 5:16

    Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

    BSBIn the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

  3. #3Psalms 37:3

    Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

    BSBTrust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

  4. #4Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

    BSBFor we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

  5. #5James 2:14-17

    What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

    BSBWhat good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

  6. #6James 4:17

    Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

    BSBAnyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

  7. #7Colossians 3:23

    And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

    BSBWhatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

  8. #8Galatians 6:10

    As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

    BSBTherefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

  9. #9John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    BSBFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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