• Allero@lemmy.today
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      5 months ago

      I wonder if Bible ever says God is the good guy

      He’s almighty, and that’s why people follow Him without question, but is He good?

      • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        The Torah, the Psalms endlessly praise God as being “good”, the word of the Lord being “perfect” etc

        Eg from biblehub.com concordance. References to God being called one of the words for “good”…

        of God, himself Nahum 1:7; 2Chronicles 30:18; Psalm 86:5; כי טוב for he is good, kind Psalm 34:9; Psalm 100:5; Psalm 135:3; Jeremiah 33:11; כי טוב כי לעולם חסדוֺ 1 Chronicles 16:34; 2Chronicles 5:13; 7:3; Ezra 3:11; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 118:1; Psalm 118:29; Psalm 136:1; טוב לְ kind to Psalm 73:1; Psalm 145:9; Lamentations 3:25; יד (ה)טובה על Ezra 7:9; Ezra 8:18; Nehemiah 2:8,18; רוחךָ (ה)טובה Nehemiah 9:20; Psalm 143:10; שׁמךָ כי טוב Psalm 52:11; Psalm 54:8; כּי טוב חסדךָ Psalm 69:17; Psalm 109:21; הדבר(ים) הטוב(יםׅ the good, kind word(s) spoken in promise Joshua 21:43; Joshua 23:14,15 (D), 1 Kings 8:56; Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 33:14; Zechariah 1:13.