the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Psalms 37:27
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Turn away from evil, do what is good,and settle permanently.
Depart from evil, and do good; Live securely forever.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.
Stop doing evil and do good, so you will live forever.
Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.
Depart from evil and do good; And you will dwell [securely in the land] forever.
Turn from evil and do good, So that you will dwell forever.
Depart from evil, and do good; Live securely forever.
Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.
Depart from evil and do good,So you will dwell forever.
Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
If you stop sinning and start doing right, you will keep living and be secure forever.
If you turn from evil and do good, you will live safely forever.
Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore;
Depart from evil, and do good; and rest for evermore.
Turn away from evil and do good, and your descendants will always live in the land;
Turn aside from evil and do good and so abide forever.
Turn away from evil and do good and live forever.
Fle fro euell, & do ye thinge that is good, so shalt thou dwell for euer.
Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.
Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Depart from euill, and doe good; and dwell for euermore.
Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer.
Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.
Depart from evil, and do good; dwell for evermore.
Bouwe thou awei fro yuel, and do good; and dwelle thou in to the world of world.
Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell forevermore.
Turn from evil and do good, and you will live in the land forever.
Turn from sin, and do good, so you will live forever.
Depart from evil, and do good; so you shall abide forever.
Turn from evil, and do good, and so settle down, unto times age-abiding.
(36-27) Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
Depart from evil, and do good; so shall you abide for ever.
Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.
Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's. Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head. Wait passionately for God , don't leave the path. He'll give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it. I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense. The next time I looked there was nothing— a punctured bladder, vapid and limp. Keep your eye on the healthy soul, scrutinize the straight life; There's a future in strenuous wholeness. But the willful will soon be discarded; insolent souls are on a dead-end street. The spacious, free life is from God , it's also protected and safe. God -strengthened, we're delivered from evil— when we run to him, he saves us.
Depart from evil and do good, So you will abide forever.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Depart: Psalms 34:14, Job 28:28, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 16:17, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, 2 Timothy 2:19, Titus 2:11-14
do good: Psalms 37:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, Titus 3:8, Titus 3:14, Hebrews 13:16, Hebrews 13:21, 1 John 2:16, 1 John 2:17
Reciprocal: Job 1:8 - escheweth Psalms 18:23 - upright Psalms 37:29 - General Psalms 97:10 - hate Proverbs 13:19 - depart Isaiah 56:2 - keepeth his Jeremiah 25:5 - for Amos 5:15 - Hate Galatians 6:10 - do good 1 Peter 3:11 - eschew 3 John 1:11 - follow
Cross-References
Then Laban said, "This is wonderful! You are from my own family." So Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
His father said, "Go and see if your brothers are safe. Come back and tell me if my sheep are all fine." So Joseph's father sent him from the Valley of Hebron to Shechem.
The man said, "They have already gone away. I heard them say that they were going to Dothan." So Joseph followed his brothers and found them in Dothan.
We can put him into a well without hurting him." Reuben planned to save Joseph and send him back to his father.
They said to each other, "We are being punished for the bad thing we did to our younger brother Joseph. We saw the trouble he was in. He begged us to save him, but we refused to listen. So now we are in trouble."
"Whoever steals someone to sell them as a slave or to keep them for their own slave must be killed.
But if the slave gets up after a few days, then the master will not be punished. That is because someone paid their money for the slave, and the slave belongs to them.
One day Saul said to David, "Here is my oldest daughter, Merab. I will let you marry her. Then you will be like a son to me and you will be a real soldier. Then you will go and fight the Lord 's battles." Saul was really thinking, "Now I won't have to kill David. I will let the Philistines kill him for me."
So why did you ignore my command? Why did you do what I say is wrong? You let the Ammonites kill Uriah the Hittite, and you took his wife. It is as if you yourself killed Uriah in war.
and said to them, "Our fellow Jews were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!" The rich people and officials kept quiet. They could not find anything to say.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Depart from evil, and do good,.... Depart from evildoers, and their evil ways; join not with them, nor fret and be envious at them; but do acts of beneficence, and all good works; since righteous men, and their seed, are not forsaken, but blessed of God;
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and dwell for evermore; or "thou shalt dwell for evermore" z; see
Psalms 37:3; that is, in everlasting habitations, in the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, Luke 16:9. The Targum is, "that thou mayest dwell in everlasting life".
z ושכן לעולם "et habitabis in seculum", Pagninus, Vatablus, Piscator; so Aben Ezra & Kimchi.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Depart from evil, and do good - This is the sum of all that is said in the psalm; the great lesson inculcated and enforced by all these references to the effects of good and evil conduct. All these results - all that people experience themselves, and all the effects of their conduct on their posterity, enforce the great practical lesson that we should do good and avoid evil. These results of conduct are among the means which God employs to induce men to do right, and to abstain from what is wrong.
And dwell for evermore - That is, dwell in the land: meaning (in accordance with the general drift of the psalm) that righteousness will be connected with length of days and with prosperity; that its effects will be permanent on a family, descending from one generation to another. See the notes at Psalms 37:3.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 37:27. Depart from evil, and do good — Seeing the above is so, depart from all evil-avoid all sin; and let not this be sufficient, do good. The grace of God ever gives this two-fold power to all who receive it; strength to overcome evil, and strength to do that which is right.
Dwell for evermore. — Be for ever an inhabitant of God's house. This may be also a promise of return to their own land, and of permanent residence there. See Psalms 37:9; Psalms 37:11, &c.
