"Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." Psalm 3414
Stirring up trouble is out of character for those who fear God ( Matthew 5:9 ), but making peace manifests a God-fearing attitude ( James 3:18 ). Context Summary Psalm 34:8-14 invites others to experience the Lord's goodness. David has just praised the Lord for delivering him from the Philistines at Gath ( 1 Samuel 21:10-15 ).
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Psalms 34:14-17. 14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; 16 but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
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Seek peace and go after it! CJB [If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk; CEV Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace. DARBY Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. DRA As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled. ERV
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. Psalm 3414
This denotes that evil is near to men; it keeps close to them, and should be declined and shunned: and it regards all sorts of evil; evil men, and their evil company; evil things, evil words and works, and all appearance of evil; and the fear of the Lord shows itself in an hatred of it, and a departure from it, ( Proverbs 8:13 ) ( 16:6 ) ;
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VERSE Psalms 34:14 "Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it." King James Version (KJV) < Previous Verse Next Verse > View Chapter Psalms 34:14 Context
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Psalm 3414 — Today's Verse for Friday, October 13, 2017
Psalm 34:14-19 KJV. Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, And his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, And delivereth them out of all their troubles.
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Selah 5 I q acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, " I r will confess my transgressions to the Lord, " and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah 6 Therefore let everyone who is s godly offer prayer to you at a time when you t may be found; surely in the rush of u great waters, they shall not reach him.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Psalms 3414
Psalms 34:14 In-Context. 12 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, 13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. 14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; 16 but the face of the LORD is against those who.
Psalm 3414 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Keep thy tongue from evil, thy lips from speaking deceitfully. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. For the eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry ( Psalms 34:13-15 ). "The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and His ears are open unto their cry."
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13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 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.
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(14) And do good. —Negative goodness is not sufficient. Practical good must be added. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 34:11-22 Let young persons set out in life with learning the fear of the Lord, if they desire true comfort here, and eternal happiness hereafter. Those will be most happy who begin the soonest to serve so good a Master.
Psalm 3414 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Isaiah 65:17 — New International Reader's Version (1998) (NIrV) 17 "I will create new heavens and a new earth. The things that have happened before will not be remembered. They will not even enter your minds.
Psalm 3414 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute (-ion, -or), pursue (-r). it Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. King James Bible Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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