Psalms 34:14

THE MESSAGE

Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away!

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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue 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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Come, children, listen closely; I'll give you a lesson in God worship. ¹² Who out there has a lust for life? Can't wait each day to come upon beauty? ¹³ Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth. ¹⁴ Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away! ¹⁵ God keeps an eye on his friends, his ears pick up every moan and groan. ¹⁶ God won't put up with rebels; he'll cull them from the pack. ¹⁷ Is anyone crying for help? God is listening, ready to rescue you. ¹⁸ If your heart is broken, you'll find God right there; if you're kicked in the gut, he'll help you catch your breath. ¹⁹ Disciples so often get into trouble; still, God is there every time. ²⁰ He's your bodyguard, shielding every bone; not even a finger gets 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 34:1
One day Dinah, the daughter Leah had given Jacob, went to visit some of the women in that country. Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was chieftain there, saw her and raped her. Then he felt a strong attraction to Dinah, Jacob's daughter, fell in love with her, and wooed her. Shechem went to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl for my wife."

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come on now, let's go across to these uncircumcised pagans. Maybe God will work for us. There's no rule that says God can only deliver by using a big army. No one can stop God from saving when he sets his mind to it."

1 Samuel 17:26
David, who was talking to the men standing around him, asked, "What's in it for the man who kills that Philistine and gets rid of this ugly blot on Israel's honor? Who does he think he is, anyway, this uncircumcised Philistine, taunting the armies of God-Alive?"

2 Samuel 15:7
After four years of this, Absalom spoke to the king, "Let me go to Hebron to pay a vow that I made to God . Your servant made a vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram saying, ‘If God will bring me back to Jerusalem, I'll serve him with my life.'"

Matthew 2:13
After the scholars were gone, God's angel showed up again in Joseph's dream and commanded, "Get up. Take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt. Stay until further notice. Herod is on the hunt for this child, and wants to kill 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.