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Psalms 34:14
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Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek shalom, and pursue it.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for it.
Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!
Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
Turn from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.
Depart from evil and do good;Seek peace and pursue it.
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace.
[If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk;
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Stop doing anything evil, and do good. Look for peace, and do all you can to help people live peacefully.
Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart.
Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.
depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Let him eschue euell, and do good: Let him seke peace & ensue it.
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Depart from euill, and doe good: seeke peace and pursue it.
Eschewe euill & do good: seeke peace and ensue it.
Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it.
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
Turn away from what is sinful. Do what is good. Look for peace and follow it.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.
(33-15) Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.
Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.
Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away!
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
Contextual Overview
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
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land;
and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.
Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few."
And David said to the men who stood by him, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
Your servant has killed both lions and bears; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God."
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ash'kelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
And at the end of four years Ab'salom said to the king, "Pray let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.
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.
