Psalms 34:14 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 34:14

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

KJV

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ASV

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

WEB

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

YLT

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

DBT

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

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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33 verses on the floor

Psalms 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
3 John 1:11
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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Since nothing is more contrary to that love which never fails (which is the summary both of law and gospel, both of grace and glory) than strife and contention, which bring confusion and every evil work, we must seek peace and pursue it; we must show a peaceable disposition, study the things that make for peace, do nothing to break the peace and to make mischief.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

To enforce this good counsel he shows God's favour to the righteous and his displeasure against the wicked, in which he sets before us good and evil, the blessing and the curse,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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