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New Century Version

Psalms 34:14

Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for 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

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 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

11 Children, come and listen to me. I will teach you to worship the Lord . 12 You must do these things to enjoy life and have many happy days. 13 You must not say evil things, and you must not tell lies. 14 Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for it. 15 The Lord sees the good people and listens to their prayers. 16 But the Lord is against those who do evil; he makes the world forget them. 17 The Lord hears good people when they cry out to him, and he saves them from all their troubles. 18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and he saves those whose spirits have been crushed. 19 People who do what is right may have many problems, but the Lord will solve them all. 20 He will protect their very bones; not one of them will be 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
Cut away your foreskin to show that you are prepared to follow the agreement between me and you.
Genesis 17:14
Any male who is not circumcised will be cut off from his people, because he has broken my agreement."
Genesis 34:1
At this time Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he took her and forced her to have sexual relations with him.
Genesis 34:9
Marry our people. Give your women to our men as wives and take our women for your men as wives.
1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to his officer who carried his armor, "Come. Let's go to the camp of those men who are not circumcised. Maybe the Lord will help us. The Lord can give us victory if we have many people, or just a few."
1 Samuel 17:26
David asked the men who stood near him, "What will be done to reward the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? Who does this uncircumcised Philistine think he is? Does he think he can speak against the armies of the living God?"
1 Samuel 17:36
I, your servant, have killed both a lion and a bear! This uncircumcised Philistine will be like them, because he has spoken against the armies of the living God.
2 Samuel 1:20
Don't tell it in Gath. Don't announce it in the streets of Ashkelon. If you do, the Philistine women will be happy. The daughters of the Philistines will rejoice.
2 Samuel 15:7
After four years Absalom said to King David, "Please let me go to Hebron. I want to carry out my promise that 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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