The best Bible verses for goodness (MSG) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for goodness (MSG), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"So don't lose a minute in building on what you've been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding,"2 Peter 1:5
"So don't lose a minute in building on what you've been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding,"2 Peter 1:5
"once they've personally experienced the sheer goodness of God's Word and the powers breaking in on us—"Hebrews 6:5
"What a stack of blessing you have piled up for those who worship you, Ready and waiting for all who run to you to escape an unkind world."Psalms 31:19
"Make a show of how much you love me so the bullies who hate me will stand there slack-jawed, As you, God, gently and powerfully put me back on my feet."Psalms 86:17
"Oh, God, my Lord, step in; work a miracle for me—you can do it! Get me out of here—your love is so great!—"Psalms 109:21
"Get me out of this dungeon so I can thank you in public. Your people will form a circle around me and you'll bring me showers of blessing!""Psalms 142:7
"The fame of your goodness spreads across the country; your righteousness is on everyone's lips."Psalms 145:7
"Personally, I've been completely satisfied with who you are and what you are doing. You seem to me to be well-motivated and well-instructed, quite capable of guiding and advising one another."Romans 15:14
"Climb a high mountain, Zion. You're the preacher of good news. Raise your voice. Make it good and loud, Jerusalem. You're the preacher of good news. Speak loud and clear. Don't be timid! Tell the cities of Judah, "Look! Your God!""Isaiah 40:9
"So this is God's verdict: I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. He's going to end up with nothing and no one. No one from his family will be around to see any of the good that I am going to do for my people because he has preached rebellion against me." God's Decree."Jeremiah 29:32
"God said, "I will make my Goodness pass right in front of you; I'll call out the name, God, right before you. I'll treat well whomever I want to treat well and I'll be kind to whomever I want to be kind.""Exodus 33:19
"Your flip and callous arrogance in these things bothers me. You pass it off as a small thing, but it's anything but that. Yeast, too, is a "small thing," but it works its way through a whole batch of bread dough pretty fast."1 Corinthians 5:6
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 (MSG) are 2 Peter 1:5, Ephesians 5:9, Hebrews 6:5. 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 (MSG) 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 (MSG), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.