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Good Roget’s Thesaurus §618

N. good, benefit, advantage, improvement, greatest good, supreme good, interest, service, behoof, behalf, weal, main chance, summum bonum, common weal, "consummation devoutly to be wished", gain, boot, profit, harvest, boon, good turn, blessing, world of good, piece of good luck, piece of good fortune, nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove, good fortune, happiness, goodness, utility, remedy, pleasure giving

Adj. commendable, useful, good &c, beneficial

Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis, all for the best, to one's advantage, in one's favor, in one's interest

Phr. so far so good, magnum bonum

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15 KJV and 0 BSB verses contain “aright”

Psalms 50:23

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

Psalms 78:8

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.

Proverbs 23:31

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Jeremiah 8:6

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

2 Esdras 8:37

Then answered he me, and said, Some things hast thou spoken aright, and according unto thy words it shall be.

Wisdom of Solomon 2:1

For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.

Wisdom of Solomon 6:4

Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God;

Wisdom of Solomon 8:8

If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.

Wisdom of Solomon 9:16

And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?

Sirach 2:2

Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.

Sirach 2:6

Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.

Sirach 6:17

Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright: for as he is, so shall his neighbour be also.

Sirach 20:17

How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn! for he knoweth not aright what it is to have; and it is all one unto him as if he had it not.

Sirach 38:10

Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.