1 Peter 3:11

Called To Inherit A Blessing

¹⁰ For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit. ¹¹ And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. ¹² For the eyes of the Lord [are] on the righteous, and his ears [are open to] their prayer. But the face of the Lord [is] against those who do evil.

Abstain from

Depart from Evil

Do Good

Seek Peace

Turn Aside

What is Good

With God

Psalm 34:14

Turn 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 principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

Romans 12:18

If [it is] possible on your [part], be at peace with all people.

Hebrews 12:14

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

Job 1:1

[There] was a man in the land of Uz whose name [was] Job. That man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.

Job 2:3

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

Job 28:28

And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"

Psalm 37:27

Turn aside from evil and do good and [so] abide forever.

Psalm 120:6-7

Too long my soul has had its dwelling near [one who] hates peace.

Psalm 125:4

Do good, O Yahweh, to the good, and to [those] upright in their hearts.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.

Proverbs 16:6

By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over, and by fear of Yahweh {one turns} from evil.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself keeps his way.

Isaiah 1:16-17

Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!

Matthew 5:45

in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Mark 14:7

For the poor you always have with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

Luke 1:79

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace."

Luke 6:9

And Jesus said to them, "I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy [it]?"

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

John 17:15

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, [because we] have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 7:19

For the good that I want [to do], I do not do, but the evil that I do not want [to do], this I do.

Romans 8:6

For the mindset of the flesh [is] death, but the mindset 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 the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue {what promotes peace} and {what edifies one another}.

Galatians 5:22

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

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

Colossians 3:15

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

1 Timothy 6:18

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing freely,

Hebrews 13:16

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

James 3:17-18

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,

James 4:17

Therefore, to the one who knows to do good and does not do [it], to him it is sin.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, do not imitate [what is] evil, but [what is] good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.