Psalm 34:14 {33:15}
Good News Translation
Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart.

New Revised Standard Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Contemporary English Version
Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace.

New American Bible
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

Depart

Psalm 37:27 Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.

Job 28:28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

Proverbs 3:7 For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.

Proverbs 8:13 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.

Proverbs 16:16,17 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver. . . .

Isaiah 1:16,17 Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely, . . .

Romans 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good,

2 Timothy 2:19 But the sure foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal: the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every one depart from iniquity who nameth the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 3:11 Let him decline from evil and do good: Let him seek after peace and pursue it:

do

Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Galatians 6:10 Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

Hebrews 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to impart: for by such sacrifices God's favour is obtained.

3 John 1:11 Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is good. He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God.

seek

Psalm 120:7 With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace with all men.

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink: but justice and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

2 Corinthians 13:11 For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be perfect, take exhortation, be of one mind, have peace. And the God of grace and of love shall be with you.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that you use your endeavour to be quiet: and that you do your own business and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without: and that you want nothing of any man's.

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

James 3:17,18 But the wisdom that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation. . . .

Context
Taste and See that the LORD is Good
13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.15The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.…
Cross References
Romans 14:19
Therefore, let us follow after the things that are of peace and keep the things that are of edification, one towards another.

Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

1 Peter 3:11
Let him decline from evil and do good: Let him seek after peace and pursue it:

3 John 1:11
Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is good. He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God.

Psalm 37:27
Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.

Psalm 97:10
You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident.

Isaiah 1:16
Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely,

Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

Psalm 34:13
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