Psalms 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
BSB
ASV
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
KJV
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 16:10 (PS 34) (379)
Mere abstinence from evil is not a characteristic of a perfect person, but for one recently instructed in basic principles it is fitting to turn aside from the impulse to evil and, being delivered from the habits of a depraved life as from a bad road, to pursue the performance of good.
Do good - Be ready to perform all good offices to all men. Seek - Study by all means possible to live peaceable with all men. Pursue it - Do not only embrace it gladly when it is offered, but follow hard after it, when it seems to flee away from thee.
Depart from evil. Go away from it. Not merely take your hands off, but yourself off. Live not near the pest house. Avoid the lion's lair, leave the viper's nest. Set a distance between yourself and temptation. And do good. Be practical, active, energetic, persevering in good. Positive virtue promotes negative virtue; he who does good is sure to avoid evil. Seek peace. Not merely prefer it, but with zeal and care endeavour to promote it. Peace with God, with thine own heart, with thy fellow man, search after this as the merchantman after a precious pearl.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
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Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
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Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
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Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
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3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
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Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!