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Christian Standard Bible ®

Psalms 34:14

Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Peace;   Quotations and Allusions;   Repentance;   Thompson Chain Reference - Do Good;   Evil;   Good;   Invitations-Warnings;   Peace;   Rest-Unrest;   Shun Evil;   Warnings;   Work, Religious;   Work-Workers, Religious;   Works, Good;   The Topic Concordance - Evil;   Goodness;   Peace;   Seeking;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Peace;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disease;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Peace;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Acrostic;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cat;   Life;   Peace;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alexandri;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

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

11Come, children, listen to me;I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12Who is someone who desires life,loving a long life to enjoy what is good? 13Keep your tongue from eviland your lips from deceitful speech. 14Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.15The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,and his ears are open to their cry for help. 16The face of the Lord is setagainst those who do what is evil,to remove all memory of them from the earth. 17The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,and rescues them from all their troubles. 18The Lord is near the brokenhearted;he saves those crushed in spirit. 19One who is righteous has many adversities,but the Lord rescues him from them all. 20He protects 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
You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:14
If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
Genesis 34:1
Leah’s daughter Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area.
Genesis 34:2
When Shechem—son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the region’s chieftain—saw her, he took her and raped her.
Genesis 34:9
Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”
1 Samuel 17:26
David spoke to the men who were standing with him: “What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
2 Samuel 1:20
Do not tell it in Gath,don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon,or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.
2 Samuel 15:7
When four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow 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.


 
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