Psalms 37:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence.”
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the LORD one avoids evil.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
  • 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!
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
  • 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.”
  • Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 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.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 Summary of the Letter This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
  • 1 John 2:16-17 : 16 because all that is in the world(the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
  • 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.’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 34:13-14
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    84%

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

    14Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

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

    11And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

  • Ps 37:28-29
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    28For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

    29The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

  • Ps 37:3
    77%

    3Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!

  • Prov 17:13
    76%

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

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

  • Ps 37:7-10
    4 verses
    75%

    7Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

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

    9Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.

    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Prov 4:27
    75%

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

  • Prov 10:30
    75%

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Prov 2:20-22
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    74%

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

    21For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Ps 37:26
    74%

    26All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

  • Ps 23:6
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    6Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the LORD’s house for the rest of my life.

  • Ps 37:22
    73%

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Jer 25:5
    73%

    5He said through them,‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.

  • Ps 37:34
    73%

    34Rely on the LORD! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

  • Amos 5:14
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 119:115
    73%

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

  • Prov 16:17
    73%

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

  • Job 22:18
    73%

    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

  • Prov 3:29
    72%

    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

  • Ps 61:7
    72%

    7May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

  • Prov 19:23
    72%

    23Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

  • Eccl 8:3
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    3Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste– do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases.

  • Ps 112:3
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    3His house contains wealth and riches; his integrity endures.

  • Ps 37:18
    72%

    18The LORD watches over the innocent day by day and they possess a permanent inheritance.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    72%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Ps 121:7
    72%

    7The LORD will protect you from all harm; he will protect your life.

  • Ps 37:1
    72%

    1By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

  • Prov 1:33
    72%

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

  • Ps 34:16
    72%

    16But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

  • Prov 12:21
    72%

    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Prov 3:7
    72%

    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,

  • Ps 112:6
    71%

    6For he will never be shaken; others will always remember one who is just.

  • Ps 92:7
    71%

    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

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

  • Ps 5:4
    71%

    4Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

  • Deut 19:20
    71%

    20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

  • Ps 97:10
    71%

    10You who love the LORD, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

  • Eccl 7:18
    71%

    18It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.

  • Ezek 33:19
    71%

    19When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.