Verse 4

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good and to those who are upright in heart.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:10 : 10 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, for You test hearts and minds, O righteous God.
  • Ps 119:68 : 68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be put to shame.
  • Isa 58:10-11 : 10 If you offer yourself to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like noonday. 11 The Lord will guide you continually, and he will satisfy your soul in parched places and strengthen your bones. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  • Lam 3:25 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, 'Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!'
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love you have shown for His name, having served and continuing to serve the saints.
  • 1 John 3:17-24 : 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth. 19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence. 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him. 23 Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 No deceit was found in their mouths; they are blameless before the throne of God.
  • Ps 32:2 : 2 Blessed is the person whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Ps 36:10 : 10 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light, we see light.
  • Ps 41:1-3 : 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David. 2 Blessed is the one who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble. 3 The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will be blessed in the land and will not surrender him to the desire of his enemies.
  • Ps 51:18 : 18 For you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 94:15 : 15 For judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.