The best Bible verses for goodness for young adults include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for goodness for young adults, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you."Psalms 31:19
"How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you."Psalms 31:19
"Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me."Psalms 86:17
"But you, O Sovereign Lord, deal well with me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me."Psalms 109:21
"Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me."Psalms 142:7
"I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another."Romans 15:14
"You who bring good tidings to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”"Isaiah 40:9
"this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion against me.’”"Jeremiah 29:32
"And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."Exodus 33:19
"Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?"1 Corinthians 5:6
"Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am."1 Corinthians 7:8
"Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are."1 Corinthians 7:26
Scripture does not change for its audience, but which passages land does. The 15 verses below were chosen because they are accessible to goodness for young adults without being condescending — plain in their language, concrete in their imagery, and short enough to hold in mind.
The point is not a simplified Bible. It is picking the passages that already speak clearly, so the reader meets the text itself rather than a paraphrase of it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for goodness for young adults are Psalms 31:19, Psalms 69:16, Psalms 86:17. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to goodness for young adults across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for goodness for young adults, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.