Psalms 34:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.
  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning! 17 Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Final Exhortations and Greetings Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.
  • Prov 16:16-17 : 16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver. 17 The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.
  • Matt 5:9 : 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to mankind,‘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 set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

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    10For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

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    27Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.

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    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Amos 5:14
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    14Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

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    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

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    8Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

  • Ps 125:4-5
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    4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to the morally upright!

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  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Ps 34:15-16
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    15The LORD pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.

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  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 11:19
    73%

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

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    115Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

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    72%

    16Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

  • Heb 12:14
    72%

    14Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

  • Prov 4:24-25
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

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    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

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    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Job 22:21
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    21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

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    33But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.

  • Prov 16:6
    71%

    6Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the LORD one avoids evil.

  • Prov 3:29-30
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    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

    30Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

  • Prov 3:7
    71%

    7Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  • Prov 24:19
    71%

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

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    15See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

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    18And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

  • Prov 14:22
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    22Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

  • Jer 18:11
    70%

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    70%

    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

  • Ps 10:15
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    15Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

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    14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

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    4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

  • 1 Thess 5:22
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    22Stay away from every form of evil.

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    70%

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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 12:20
    70%

    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

  • Ps 38:20
    70%

    20They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

  • Prov 24:15
    70%

    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.