1 Peter 3:11

Called To Inherit A Blessing

¹⁰ " He that desires to live in prosperity, must restrain his tongue from detraction, and his lips from uttering falsehood: ¹¹ he must avoid vice, practise virtue, seek peace, and persevere in the enquiry. ¹² for the eyes of the Lord are upon the virtuous, and his ears attend to their prayers, but the wicked he discountenances."

Abstain from

Depart from Evil

Do Good

Seek Peace

Turn Aside

What is Good

With God

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the pacific: for they shall be the children of God.

Romans 7:21

I find then a settled custom, that evil is objected in my way whenever I have a mind to act well:

Romans 12:18

do all you can to live peaceably, if it be possible, with all mankind.

Hebrews 12:14

seek peace with all men, and sanctity of life, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be the children of your father who is in heaven, for he causes 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 let us not be left under temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

Mark 14:7

the poor you have always with you, and you may relieve them whenever you please: but me you will not always have.

Luke 1:79

to enlighten those, who are in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to direct our steps into the ways of peace."

Luke 6:9

then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one question, which is the most allowable on the sabbath-day, to do good, or to neglect it? to save a man's life, or to let him perish?

Luke 6:35

but as for you, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting any advantage from it: so shall your reward be great, in acting like the children of the most high: for he is kind to the most ungrateful wretches.

John 17:15

I do not pray you to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the malignity of it.

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 purpose to do, I do not: but the evil which I resolve against, that I do.

Romans 8:6

now sensual inclinations lead to death; but spiritual affections to a life of tranquillity.

Romans 14:17

for the gospel dispensation does not consist in meats and drinks, but in piety and peace, and spiritual joy.

Romans 14:19

Let us therefore pursue those things which tend to peace, and mutual edification.

Galatians 5:22

but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, sweetness of disposition, beneficence, faithfulness, meekness, temperance:

Galatians 6:10

therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good offices to all men, especially to the family of believers.

Colossians 3:15

may the peace of Christ, to which you are called to be but one body, influence your hearts, to be benevolent.

1 Timothy 6:18

to be beneficent, to be rich in good works, to be liberal to the common fund,

Hebrews 13:16

but don't forget to be beneficent to the community; for such sacrifice is acceptable to God.

James 3:17-18

but wisdom deriv'd from heaven is first dispassionate, then pacific, equitable, and obsequious: full of beneficence, and all social virtue, free from partiality, and hypocrisy.

James 4:17

he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal.

3 John 1:11

my beloved, don't imitate vice, but virtue. he that does good, is a child of God: he that does evil, is not acquainted with God.