Hebrews 12:14

A Serious Warning Against Refusing God

¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed. ¹⁴ Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord. ¹⁵ See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

Live in Peace

Pursue Peace

Seek Peace

O God

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Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

Romans 6:22

But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

Job 19:26

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

Isaiah 51:1

"Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the Lord! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!

Matthew 5:8-9

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

Romans 12:18

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

Ephesians 5:5

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

Hebrews 12:10

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

1 Peter 1:15-16

but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

1 Peter 3:11

And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

3 John 1:11

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

Revelation 22:3-4

And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him,

Genesis 13:7-9

So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."

Job 33:26

He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God's face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

Psalm 34:14

Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

Psalm 38:20

They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

Psalm 94:15

For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.

Psalm 120:6

For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

Psalm 133:1

A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together!

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Proverbs 16:7

When a person's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.

Proverbs 17:14

Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!

Isaiah 11:6-9

A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

1 Corinthians 1:10

I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

Galatians 5:22-23

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

Ephesians 4:1-8

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:22

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

James 3:17-18

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

1 Peter 3:13

For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

1 John 3:2-3

Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

Revelation 21:24-27

The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it.

Revelation 22:11-15

The evildoer must continue to do evil, and the one who is morally filthy must continue to be filthy. The one who is righteous must continue to act righteously, and the one who is holy must continue to be holy."