1 Peter 3:11

Called To Inherit A Blessing

¹⁰ For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit. ¹¹ Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it. ¹² Because the eyes of Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears to their supplication, but the face of Lord is against men who do evil things.

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 peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

Romans 7:21

Consequently I find the law in my wanting to do good, that evil is present in me.

Romans 12:18

If possible from you, keeping peace with all men,

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will 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 who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Job 2:3

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

Job 28:28

And to man he said, Behold, the fear of 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 has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace.

Psalm 125:4

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

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

Isaiah 1:16-17

Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

Matthew 5:45

so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Matthew 6:13

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.

Mark 14:7

For ye always have the poor with you, and whenever ye may desire ye can do them well, but ye do not always have me.

Luke 1:79

to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace.

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus said to them, I will question you. What? Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm, to save life, or to kill?

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

John 17:15

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

Romans 5:1

Therefore having been made righteous from faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 7:19

For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.

Romans 8:6

For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace.

Romans 14:17

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

Romans 14:19

So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 6:10

So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of God umpire in your hearts, for which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

1 Timothy 6:18

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,

Hebrews 13:16

But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.

James 3:17-18

But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, meek, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.

James 4:17

He therefore who knows to do good, and is not doing it, to him it is sin.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God.