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Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”
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I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good work.
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Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.
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From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.
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The Workers Are Few
Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.
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but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
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“We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
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He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.
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So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
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For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
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so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
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Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.
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so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
