The best Bible verses for goodness (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for goodness (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men."Matthew 5:13
"“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men."Matthew 5:13
"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."Matthew 5:16
"that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."Matthew 5:45
"“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light."Matthew 6:22
"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness."2 Peter 1:3
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;"2 Peter 1:5
"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
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 (NIV) 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.