Bible Verses about “good intentions”
The Bible contains 50 verses about good intentions across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
“And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.”
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.”
“For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”
“Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”
“And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
“Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
“‹For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have› [sufficient] ‹to finish› [it]?”
“¶ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
“¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”
“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.”
“And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.”
“Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”
“¶ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
“But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.”
“¶ If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
“¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.”
“When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
“Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:”
“‹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish› [it], ‹all that behold› [it] ‹begin to mock him,›”
“‹Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.›”
“For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”
“In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.”
“¶ All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”
“I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.”
“I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.”
“Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.”
“In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.”
“¶ [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.”
“For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.”
“¶ I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:”
“That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.”
“LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.”
“Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:”