⁸ Good and upright is Yahweh, Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

¹ I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

² for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

⁴ who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

¹ > It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, To sing praises to your name, Most High;

² To proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, And your faithfulness every night,

³ With the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, And with the melody of the lyre.

⁴ For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

¹³ My son, eat honey, for it is good; The droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

¹⁴ So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; If you have found it, then there will be a reward, Your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁵ Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

²³ Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

² For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.

⁸ He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

¹¹ Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

²⁸ But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, That I may tell of all your works.

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

⁵⁰ Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

¹ > See how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!

²⁵ Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

²⁶ It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

⁵ For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

⁶ If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

⁵ For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.

¹⁶ Then don't let your good be slandered,

² Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.