1 Peter 3:11

Called To Inherit A Blessing

¹⁰ For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: ¹¹ Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it. ¹² For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Abstain from

Depart from Evil

Do Good

Seek Peace

Turn Aside

What is Good

With God

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called children of God.

Romans 7:21

I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Romans 12:18

If it is possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil.

Job 2:3

And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Job 28:28

And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalm 37:27

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

Psalm 120:6-7

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Psalm 125:4

Do good, O LORD, to those that are good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Isaiah 1:16-17

Wash ye, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

Matthew 5:45

That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Mark 14:7

For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

Luke 1:79

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shades of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Luke 6:9

Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

Luke 6:35

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

John 17:15

I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.

Romans 5:1

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Romans 7:19

For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.

Romans 8:6

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:19

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things with which one may edify another.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Galatians 6:10

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to them who are of the household of faith.

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

1 Timothy 6:18

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Hebrews 13:16

But to do good, and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

James 3:17-18

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

James 4:17

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.