And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

“Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you or turn from their evil ways.

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

But you, Sovereign Lord, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?

Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age

Confirming One’s Calling and Election

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;