Verse 14

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will dwell forever.
  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Remove your evil deeds from My sight; stop doing evil. 17 Learn to do what is good; seek justice, correct the oppressor. Defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
  • Prov 16:16-17 : 16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to gain understanding rather than silver! 17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.'
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 He must turn away from evil and do what is good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And to make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, helping one turn away from the traps of death.
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.