The best Bible verses for goodness (KJV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for goodness (KJV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men."Matthew 5:13
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men."Matthew 5:13
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."Matthew 5:16
"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."Matthew 5:45
"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."Matthew 6:22
"Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it."Proverbs 3:27
"Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good."Romans 12:9
"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:"2 Peter 1:3
"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;"2 Peter 1:5
"Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!"Psalms 31:19
"Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies."Psalms 69:16
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for goodness (KJV) are Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:45. 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 (KJV) 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 (KJV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.