(19) Good and evil.
References:
Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?» The LORD was pleased that Solomon made this request(1Kin3:9-10)
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart, for he was a good man, filled with the holy Spirit and faith. And a large number of people was added to the Lord. (Acts 11:23-24)
who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good. (Tit 2:14)
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does what is good is of God; whoever does what is evil has never seen God. (3 John 1:11)
Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good; (Rom 12:9)
For while your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I want you to be wise as to what is good, and simple as to what is evil; (Rom 16:19)
Hate evil, you who love the Lord, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. (Ps 97:10)
If a man returns evil for good, from his house evil will not depart. (Prov 17:13)
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness into light, and light into darkness, who change bitter into sweet, and sweet into bitter! (Is 5:20)
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly will the LORD, the God of hosts, be with you as you claim! (Amos 5:14)
Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow. Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool. If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land; But if you refuse and resist, the sword shall consume you: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken! (Is 1:16-20)