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Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 34:14

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Peace;   Quotations and Allusions;   Repentance;   Thompson Chain Reference - Do Good;   Evil;   Good;   Invitations-Warnings;   Peace;   Rest-Unrest;   Shun Evil;   Warnings;   Work, Religious;   Work-Workers, Religious;   Works, Good;   The Topic Concordance - Evil;   Goodness;   Peace;   Seeking;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Peace;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disease;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Peace;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Acrostic;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abimelech;   Achish;   Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cat;   Life;   Peace;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alexandri;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.
Hebrew Names Version
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek shalom, and pursue it.
King James Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
English Standard Version
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
New Century Version
Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for it.
New English Translation
Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!
Amplified Bible
Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
New American Standard Bible
Turn from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
World English Bible
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Depart from evil and do good;Seek peace and pursue it.
Berean Standard Bible
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Contemporary English Version
Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace.
Complete Jewish Bible
[If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk;
Darby Translation
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Easy-to-Read Version
Stop doing anything evil, and do good. Look for peace, and do all you can to help people live peacefully.
George Lamsa Translation
Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Good News Translation
Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart.
Lexham English Bible
Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.
Literal Translation
depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let him eschue euell, and do good: Let him seke peace & ensue it.
American Standard Version
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
Bible in Basic English
Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
King James Version (1611)
Depart from euill, and doe good: seeke peace and pursue it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Eschewe euill & do good: seeke peace and ensue it.
English Revised Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it.
Update Bible Version
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
New King James Version
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
New Living Translation
Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
New Life Bible
Turn away from what is sinful. Do what is good. Look for peace and follow it.
New Revised Standard
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being, and pursue it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(33-15) Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.
Revised Standard Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Young's Literal Translation
Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.
THE MESSAGE
Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

Contextual Overview

11 Come, ye children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer: 16 but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them, 17 and delivered them out of all their afflictions. 18 The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them. 20 He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Depart: Psalms 37:27, Job 28:28, Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 13:14, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 16:17, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, Romans 12:9, 2 Timothy 2:19, 1 Peter 3:11

do: Acts 10:38, Galatians 6:10, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 13:16, 3 John 1:11

seek: Psalms 120:7, Matthew 5:9, Romans 12:18, Romans 14:17, 2 Corinthians 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, Hebrews 12:14, James 3:17, James 3:18

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 29:8 - that I may not Job 1:8 - escheweth Psalms 97:10 - hate Proverbs 13:19 - depart Isaiah 56:2 - keepeth his Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast Amos 5:15 - Hate Mark 9:50 - have peace Romans 14:19 - follow 1 Timothy 6:11 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 17:11
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:14
And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.
Genesis 34:1
And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants.
Genesis 34:2
And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her.
Genesis 34:9
and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.
1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if peradventure the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.
1 Samuel 17:36
Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?
2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Geth, and tell it not as glad tidings in the streets of Ascalon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
2 Samuel 15:7
And it came to pass after forty years, that Abessalom said to his father, I will go now, and pay my vows, which I vowed to the Lord in Chebron.
1 Kings 21:9
And he said to the messengers of the son of Ader, Say to your master, All things that thou hast sent to thy servant about at first I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed, and carried back the answer to him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Depart from evil,.... 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;

and do good; not only acts of beneficence to all in necessitous circumstances, but every good work; whatever the word of God directs, or suggests should be done; and which should be done from right principles of faith and love, and to right ends, the glory of God, and the good of his interest; and Christ should be looked and applied unto for grace and strength to perform; all which are evidences of the true fear of God;

seek peace, and pursue it; in the world, and with all men, as much as possibly can be; in neighbourhoods, cities, and states, and in the churches of Christ, and with the saints, as well as with God through Christ; and which in every sense is to be pursued after with eagerness, and to be endeavoured for with diligence; see Romans 12:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Depart from evil - From all evil; from vice and crime in every form.

And do good - Do good to all people, and in all the relations of life.

Seek peace - Strive to live in peace with all the world. Compare the notes at Romans 12:18.

And pursue it - Follow after it. Make it an object of desire, and put forth constant efforts to live in peace with all human beings. There can be no doubt that this is appropriate advice to one who wishes to lengthen out his days. We have only to remember how many are cut down by indulging in a quarrelsome, litigious, and contentious spirit - by seeking revenge - by quarrels, duels, wars, and strife - to see the wisdom of this counsel.


 
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