Psalms 37:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.

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  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of your servants shall continue, and their descendants shall be established before you.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.
  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone; but always pursue what is good, both for yourselves and for all.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
  • Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 John 2:16-17 : 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
    84%

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

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

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    10 For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

    11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

  • Ps 37:28-29
    2 verses
    79%

    28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

    29 The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.

  • 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.

  • 13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • 4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • Ps 37:7-10
    4 verses
    75%

    7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

    8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

    9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

    10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

  • 27 Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.

  • 30 The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Prov 2:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    20 That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

    21 For the upright will dwell in the land, and the perfect will remain in it.

    22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.

  • 26 He is ever merciful, and lends, and his descendants are blessed.

  • 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

  • 22 For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • 5 They said, 'Turn now every one from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers forever and ever:

  • 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

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

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

  • 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • 18 Yet He filled their houses with good things; but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

  • 7 He shall abide before God forever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

  • 23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • 3 Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.

  • 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure forever.

  • 18 The LORD knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

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

  • 7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; he shall preserve your soul.

  • 1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.

  • 33 But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.

  • 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • 21 No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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

  • 19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • 6 Surely he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

  • 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.

  • 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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    4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with you.

  • 20 And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall no longer commit any such evil among you.

  • 10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • 18 It is good that you should take hold of this, and also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will escape them all.

  • 19 But if the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.