Psalms 34:14

Bible in Basic English

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.

Hebrew Names Version
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek shalom, and pursue it.

King James Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

English Standard Version
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

New Century Version
Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for it.

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

Amplified Bible
Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

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

World English Bible
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Depart from evil and do good;Seek peace and pursue it.

Berean Standard Bible
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

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

Complete Jewish Bible
[If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk;

Darby Translation
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Easy-to-Read Version
Stop doing anything evil, and do good. Look for peace, and do all you can to help people live peacefully.

George Lamsa Translation
Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Good News Translation
Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart.

Lexham English Bible
Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

Literal Translation
depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let him eschue euell, and do good: Let him seke peace & ensue it.

American Standard Version
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

King James Version (1611)
Depart from euill, and doe good: seeke peace and pursue it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Eschewe euill & do good: seeke peace and ensue it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it.

Update Bible Version
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

New King James Version
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

New Living Translation
Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.

New Life Bible
Turn away from what is sinful. Do what is good. Look for peace and follow it.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-15) Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

THE MESSAGE
Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord. ¹² What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good? ¹³ Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit. ¹⁴ Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart. ¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry. ¹⁶ The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth. ¹⁷ The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles. ¹⁸ The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down. ¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all. ²⁰ He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Depart: Psalms 37:27, Job 28:28, Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 13:14, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:17, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, Romans 12:9, 2 Timothy 2:19, 1 Peter 3:11

do: Acts 10:38, Galatians 6:10, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 13:16, 3 John 1:11

seek: Psalms 120:7, Matthew 5:9, Romans 12:18, Romans 14:17, 2 Corinthians 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, Hebrews 12:14, James 3:17, James 3:18

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 29:8 - that I may not Job 1:8 - escheweth Psalms 97:10 - hate Proverbs 13:19 - depart Isaiah 56:2 - keepeth his Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast Amos 5:15 - Hate Mark 9:50 - have peace Romans 14:19 - follow 1 Timothy 6:11 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 17:11
In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

Genesis 17:14
And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

Genesis 34:1
Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

Genesis 34:9
And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

1 Samuel 17:26
And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

2 Samuel 1:20
Give no news of it in Gath, let it not be said in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, the daughters of men without circumcision will be uplifted in joy.

2 Samuel 15:7
Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Depart from evil,.... This denotes that evil is near to men; it keeps close to them, and should be declined and shunned: and it regards all sorts of evil; evil men, and their evil company; evil things, evil words and works, and all appearance of evil; and the fear of the Lord shows itself in an hatred of it, and a departure from it, Proverbs 8:13;

and do good; not only acts of beneficence to all in necessitous circumstances, but every good work; whatever the word of God directs, or suggests should be done; and which should be done from right principles of faith and love, and to right ends, the glory of God, and the good of his interest; and Christ should be looked and applied unto for grace and strength to perform; all which are evidences of the true fear of God;

seek peace, and pursue it; in the world, and with all men, as much as possibly can be; in neighbourhoods, cities, and states, and in the churches of Christ, and with the saints, as well as with God through Christ; and which in every sense is to be pursued after with eagerness, and to be endeavoured for with diligence; see Romans 12:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Depart from evil - From all evil; from vice and crime in every form.

And do good - Do good to all people, and in all the relations of life.

Seek peace - Strive to live in peace with all the world. Compare the notes at Romans 12:18.

And pursue it - Follow after it. Make it an object of desire, and put forth constant efforts to live in peace with all human beings. There can be no doubt that this is appropriate advice to one who wishes to lengthen out his days. We have only to remember how many are cut down by indulging in a quarrelsome, litigious, and contentious spirit - by seeking revenge - by quarrels, duels, wars, and strife - to see the wisdom of this counsel.