Lexicon :: Strong's G2573 - kalōs

“You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the LORD.”

“You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.’ ”

“Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil ​— ​concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath ​— ​without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.

“Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have rewarded him appropriately for what he did ​— ​

David replied, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: You will not see my face unless you first bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

“Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”

But the LORD said to my father David,

“Since your heart was set on building a temple for my name,

you have done well to have this desire.[fn]

Gedaliah swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Don’t be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you.”

However, the LORD said to my father David,

“Since it was your desire to build a temple for my name,

you have done well to have this desire.

The young woman pleased him and gained his favor so that he accelerated the process of the beauty treatments and the special diet that she received. He assigned seven hand-picked female servants to her from the palace and transferred her and her servants to the harem’s best quarters.

Sing a new song to him;

play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

You will surely eat

what your hands have worked for.

You will be happy,

and it will go well for you.

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,

and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Three things are stately in their stride;

four are stately in their walk:

Pick up your lyre,

stroll through the city,

you forgotten prostitute.

Play skillfully,

sing many a song

so that you will be remembered.

The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over[fn] my word to accomplish it.”

“For my people are fools;

they do not know me.

They are foolish children,

without understanding.

They are skilled in doing what is evil,

but they do not know how to do what is good.”

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;

she will look for them but not find them.

Then she will think,

“I will go back to my former husband,

for then it was better for me than now.”

Depart in shameful nakedness,

you residents of Shaphir;

the residents of Zaanan will not come out.

Beth-ezel is lamenting;

its support[fn] is taken from you.

At that time I will bring you[fn] back,

yes, at the time I will gather you.

I will give you fame and praise

among all the peoples of the earth,

when I restore your fortunes before your eyes.

The LORD has spoken.

“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.