Psalm 34:14

The Lord Delivers The Righteous

¹³ Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies. ¹⁴ Avoid evil and do good! Seek peace and pursue it! ¹⁵ The LORD looks on the righteous, and he listens to their cries.

Depart from Evil

Do Good

Seek Peace

Turn Aside

What is Good

With All Your Heart

Psalm 37:27

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

Hebrews 12:14

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

Isaiah 1:16-17

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

Job 28:28

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

Romans 12:18

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

Psalm 120:7

I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they are in favor of war. A Song of Ascents

Proverbs 3:7

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

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.

Proverbs 13:14

What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid the snares of death.

Proverbs 16:16-17

How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!

Matthew 5:9

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

Acts 10:38

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, he went around doing good and healing everyone who was oppressed by the devil.

Romans 12:9

Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

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.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

Galatians 6:10

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

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,

2 Timothy 2:19

However, God's solid foundation still stands. It has this inscription on it: "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from evil."

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so that we could be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good deeds.

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.

1 Peter 3:11

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 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.