Bible verse
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 34.
10 Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
11 Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
KJV
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
ASV
Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
ERV
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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