Psalms 125:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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 God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.
  • Ps 119:68 : 68 You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
  • Isa 58:10-11 : 10 And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun: 11 And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
  • Lam 3:25 : 25 The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
  • 1 John 3:17-24 : 17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him? 18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith. 19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him, 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things. 21 My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him; 22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes. 23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us. 24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.
  • Ps 32:2 : 2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Ps 36:10 : 10 O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.
  • Ps 41:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble. 2 The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters. 3 The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
  • Ps 51:18 : 18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.
  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Ps 94:15 : 15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

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  • Ps 73:1
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    1Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.

  • Ps 125:5
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    5But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.

  • Ps 36:10
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    10O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

  • Ps 112:4-5
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    4For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

    5All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

  • Ps 94:15
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    15But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

  • Ps 25:8
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    8Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Ps 32:11
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    11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

  • Ps 18:25
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    25On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

  • Ps 33:4-5
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    4For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.

    5His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

  • Ps 15:2
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    2He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

  • 2 Sam 22:26
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    26On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

  • Prov 14:22
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    22Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

  • Ps 34:14-16
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    14Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

    15The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

    16The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

  • Ps 28:3-4
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    3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

    4Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • Ps 64:10
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    10The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

  • Ps 141:4
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    4Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

  • Ps 37:3-4
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    3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

    4So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

  • Ps 38:20
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    20They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.

  • 1 Pet 3:11-12
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    11And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

    12For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • Ps 4:5-6
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    5Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.

    6There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

  • Ps 106:3
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    3Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

  • Ps 24:4
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    4He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 2:21
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    21For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

  • Ps 85:12
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    12The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase.

  • Ps 143:10
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    10Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Ps 116:5
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    5The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

  • Ps 119:68
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    68You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.