Psalms 34:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 ¶ Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
  • Prov 16:16-17 : 16 ¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 17 ¶ The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 ¶ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.›
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 [Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 ¶ The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 87%

    10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

    11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

    12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.

  • 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

  • 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 ¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].

    15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  • 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

  • Ps 125:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 ¶ Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.

    5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.

  • 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

  • Ps 34:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry.

    16 The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • 17 ¶ The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • 19 ¶ As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

  • 115 ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

  • 16 ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

  • 14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  • Prov 4:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

    25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

  • 27 ¶ He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

  • 13 ¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • 21 ¶ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

  • 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  • 6 ¶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.

  • Prov 3:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

    30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

  • 7 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

  • 19 ¶ Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

  • 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].

  • 21 ¶ Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

  • 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

  • 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

  • 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

  • 22 ¶ Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.

  • 11 ¶ Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

  • 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;

  • 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

  • 14 If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

  • 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • 9 ¶ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

  • 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].

  • 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

  • 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

  • 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  • 20 ¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  • 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].

  • 15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: