Use these uplifting verses to spark gratitude in your heart as you explore the goodness of God and learn to celebrate His goodness in your life.
The goodness of the Lord is always there, even when we don’t see it. He shows lovingkindness, mercy, compassion, grace, and unfailing love to us always, even when we have fallen short.
We experience the fullness of His goodness through Christ, who is the only way to know God and have a personal relationship with Him.
There are so many things to be grateful for as we think of God’s goodness and kindness in our lives. Here are a few verses, among many others that can help you celebrate God’s goodness, and give Him praise.
34 Bible Verses About Celebrating God’s Goodness
1. Psalm 103:1-5 – Forget Not All His Benefits
Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits — who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles.
2. Psalm 77:11-14 – Remember His Deeds
I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds. Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God? You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
3. Psalm 9:1 – Tell of His Wonderful Deeds
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
4. Psalm 105:1-2 – Make Known Among the Nations What He Has Done
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
5. Psalm 98:1-4 – He Has Done Marvelous Things
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music.
6. Psalm 100:1-5 – The Lord is Good and His Love Endures Forever
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
7. Isaiah 25:1 – You Have Done Wonderful Things
Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.
8. Psalm 63:3-4 – Your Love Is Better Than Life
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
9. Psalm 119:68 – You Are Good and Do Good
You are good and do good; Teach me Your statutes.
10. Psalm 145:9 – The Lord is Good to All
The Lord is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works.
11. Psalm 143:10 – Let Your Good Spirit Lead Me On Level Ground
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
12. Luke 18:19 – God Alone Is Good
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
13. 1 Chronicles 16:34 – Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is Good
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
14. Nehemiah 9:20 – Your Good Spirit Instructed Them
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, and You gave them water for their thirst.
15. Psalm 86:5 – He is Good and Ready to Forgive
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
16. Psalm 73:1 – God is Good to Those Who Are Pure in Heart
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart!
17. Matthew 7:11 – He Gives Good Things to Those Who Ask Him
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
18. Acts 10:38 – He Did Good and Healed All
You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
19. James 1:17 – Every Good and Perfect Gift is From God
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
20. Romans 2:4 – His Kindness Leads You to Repentance
Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
21. 1 Timothy 4:4 – Everything Created By God is Good
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude.
22. Psalm 25:7-8 – For Your Goodness’ Sake
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your lovingkindness remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O Lord. Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
23. Psalm 69:16 – Your Lovingkindness is Good
Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; according to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.
24. 2 Samuel 7:28 – You Have Promised This Good Thing
Now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.
25. 1 Kings 8:56 – Not One Word Has Failed of All His Good Promise
Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant.
26. Psalm 23:6 – Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
27. Mark 10:18 – None One is Good But God
No one is good but One, that is, God.
28. Psalm 27:13 – The Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
29. Psalm 145:5-7 – Meditate on His Wonderful Works
They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty and I will meditate on your wonderful works. They tell of the power of your awesome works — and I will proclaim your great deeds. They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.
30. Psalm 34:8 – Taste and See That the Lord is Good
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
31. Psalm 107:8-9 – Give Thanks For His Unfailing Love and Wonderful Deeds
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
32. Nahum 1:7 – The Lord is Good
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.
33. Psalm 139:13-14 – Your Works Are Wonderful
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
34. Psalm 31:19-20 – He Has Stored Up Good Things For Those Who Fear Him
How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.