Here are 48 Bible verses about a good man from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
1 Corinthians 11:9 KJV
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Proverbs 2:20 KJV
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 16:9 KJV
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Psalms 37:23 KJV
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Luke 18:19 KJV
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Proverbs 7:19 KJV
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Psalms 112:5 KJV
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Psalms 118:8 KJV
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Proverbs 18:16 KJV
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Jeremiah 5:1 KJV
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Matthew 6:1 KJV
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Acts 11:24 KJV
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Psalms 12:1 KJV
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Micah 7:2 KJV
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Jeremiah 10:23 KJV
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Proverbs 11:8 KJV
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs 12:2 KJV
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 13:22 KJV
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Psalms 37:37 KJV
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Proverbs 19:21 KJV
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Genesis 2:18 KJV
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Proverbs 20:24 KJV
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 21:2 KJV
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs 12:3 KJV
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Proverbs 10:3 KJV
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Psalms 112:6 KJV
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Proverbs 15:29 KJV
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Ecclesiastes 7:28 KJV
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Proverbs 20:7 KJV
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Ephesians 6:8 KJV
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Proverbs 3:4 KJV
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Isaiah 57:1 KJV
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Proverbs 20:6 KJV
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Romans 5:7 KJV
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Romans 3:10 KJV
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Isaiah 3:10 KJV
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
1 Timothy 1:8 KJV
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Genesis 18:26 KJV
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Proverbs 12:10 KJV
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
2 Timothy 3:17 KJV
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Matthew 12:35 KJV
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Proverbs 24:16 KJV
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Psalms 37:16 KJV
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 34:8 KJV
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms 112:2 KJV
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
1 Corinthians 7:1 KJV
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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