12 Bible Verses about Pursuing Good
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But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, [and] peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek Yahweh. Look to [the] rock [from which] you were hewn, and to [the] excavation of [the] pit [from which] you were quarried.
And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.
But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain to the law.
So then, let us pursue {what promotes peace} and {what edifies one another}.
Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
But you, O man of God, flee from these [things], and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patient endurance, gentleness.
