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Bible Verses About Good Works
Find Bible verses about good works — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about good works?
The Bible addresses good works with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
John 10:32
“Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"”
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Matthew 19:16
“Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"”
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Ephesians 2:10
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.”
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1 Timothy 6:18
“that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;”
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1 Timothy 6:12
“Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.”
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Isaiah 5:20
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
James 2:14
“What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?”
2 Corinthians 7:10
“For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.”
James 2:17
“Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.”
James 2:26
“For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.”
Hebrews 10:24
“Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,”
Matthew 12:35
“The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.”
Genesis 2:9
“Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...”
Psalms 73:28
“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. A contemplation by Asaph.”
3 John 1:11
“Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.”
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Matthew 7:17 — “Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit....”
1 Timothy 5:25 — “In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hi...”
Mark 10:18 — “Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one--God....”
Titus 1:16 — “They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, an...”
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