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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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New Living Translation

Psalms 34:14

Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain 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

English Revised Version
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Update Bible Version
Depart 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!
Webster's Bible Translation
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
World English Bible
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
Amplified Bible
Turn away 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Turn aside 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.
THE MESSAGE
Turn your back on sin; do something good. Embrace peace—don't let it get away!
New American Standard Bible
Turn 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 American Standard Bible (1995)
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Depart from evil and do good;Seek peace and pursue it.

Contextual Overview

11 Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the Lord . 12 Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous? 13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies! 14 Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it. 15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help. 16 But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. 17 The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. 18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. 19 The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time. 20 For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous; not one of them is 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
You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:14
Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant."
Genesis 34:1
One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.
Genesis 34:2
But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
Genesis 34:9
In fact, let's arrange other marriages, too. You give us your daughters for our sons, and we will give you our daughters for your sons.
1 Samuel 14:6
"Let's go across to the outpost of those pagans," Jonathan said to his armor bearer. "Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord . He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!"
1 Samuel 17:26
David asked the soldiers standing nearby, "What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?"
1 Samuel 17:36
I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
2 Samuel 1:20
Don't announce the news in Gath, don't proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice and the pagans will laugh in triumph.
2 Samuel 15:7
After four years, Absalom said to the king, "Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and fulfill a vow I made 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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