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Verb agathopoieō (to do good) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Luke
| 6: 9 | Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good (agathopoieō) or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?" |
| 6: 33 | If you do good (agathopoieō) to those who do good (agathopoieō) to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. |
| 6: 35 | But love your enemies, do good (agathopoieō), and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. |
3 John
| 1: 11 | Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. Whoever does good (agathopoieō) is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. |
1 Peter
| 2: 14 | or of governors, as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do good (agathopoieō). |
| 2: 15 | For it is God's will that by doing good (agathopoieō) you should silence the ignorance of the foolish. |
| 2: 20 | If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do good (agathopoieō) and suffer for it, you have God's approval. |
| 3: 6 | Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters as long as you do what is good (agathopoieō) and never let fears alarm you. |
| 3: 17 | For it is better to suffer for doing good (agathopoieō), if suffering should be God's will, than to suffer for doing evil. |
Numbers (LXX)
| 10: 32 | And it shall come to pass if thou wilt go with us, it shall even come to pass that in whatsoever things the Lord shall do us good (agathopoieō), we will also do thee accordingly. |
Judges (LXX)
| 17: 13 | And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good (agathopoieō), because a Levite has become my priest. |
Zephaniah (LXX)
| 1: 12 | And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good (agathopoieō), neither will he do any evil. |
Tobit (LXX)
| 12: 13 | And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, to go and cover the dead, what you did good (agathopoieō) was not hid from me: but I was with thee. |
2 Maccabees (LXX)
| 1: 2 | May God do good (agathopoieō) to you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants; |
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