1 Peter 3:11

Called To Inherit A Blessing

¹⁰ "For the person who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. ¹¹ He must turn away from evil and do good. He must seek peace and pursue it. ¹² For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong."

Abstain from

Depart from Evil

Do Good

Seek Peace

Turn Aside

What is Good

With God

Psalm 34:14

Avoid evil and do good! Seek peace and pursue it!

Matthew 5:9

"How blessed are those who make peace, because it is they who will be called God's children!

Romans 7:21

So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.

Romans 12:18

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with all people.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Job 1:1

There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

Job 2:3

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

Job 28:28

He has commanded mankind: "To fear the Lord that is wisdom; to move away from evil that is understanding.'"

Psalm 37:27

Depart from evil, and do good, and you will live in the land forever.

Psalm 120:6-7

I have resided too long with those who hate peace.

Psalm 125:4

LORD, do good to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own opinion. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 16:6

Iniquity is atoned for by gracious love and truth, and through fear of the LORD people turn from evil.

Proverbs 16:17

The road of the upright circumvents evil, and whoever watches how he lives preserves his life.

Isaiah 1:16-17

"Wash yourselves, and make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior from my presence; stop practicing what is evil.

Matthew 5:45

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Matthew 6:13

And never bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

Mark 14:7

because you'll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won't always have me.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who sit in darkness and in death's shadow, and to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Luke 6:9

Then Jesus asked them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?"

Luke 6:35

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

John 17:15

I'm not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

Romans 7:19

For I don't do the good I want to do, but instead do the evil that I don't want to do.

Romans 8:6

To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.

Romans 14:17

For God's kingdom does not consist of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy produced by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:19

Therefore, let's keep on pursuing those things that bring peace and that lead to building up one another.

Galatians 5:22

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

Galatians 6:10

So then, whenever we have the opportunity, let's practice doing good to everyone, especially to the family of faith.

Colossians 3:15

Let the peace of the Messiah also rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body, and be thankful.

1 Timothy 6:18

They are to do good, to be rich in good actions, to be generous, and to share.

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to be generous, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

James 3:17-18

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

James 4:17

Therefore, anyone who knows what is right but fails to do it is guilty of sin.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The person who does what is good is from God. The person who does what is evil has never seen God.