Bible Verses about 'Avoid evil'

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• Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.
  Romans 12:21evilgoodnessovercoming
• Avoid all perverse talk;
  stay away from corrupt speech.
  Proverbs 4:24speakingtruthlying
• Wash yourselves and be clean!
  Get your sins out of my sight.
  Give up your evil ways.
  Isaiah 1:16sinpurificationevil
• All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
  Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
  corruption and perverse speech.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
  Luke 6:45sinspeakingblessing
• Turn away from evil and do good.
  Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
  Psalm 34:14evilgoodnesspeace
• See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people.
  1 Thessalonians 5:15blamelessrighteousnessevil
• But test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from every kind of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22understandingevilprophecy
• And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.
  Romans 16:17holinesscommunityevil
• Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
  and your lips from telling lies!
  Psalm 34:13speakingeviltruth
• Don’t get sidetracked;
  keep your feet from following evil.
  Proverbs 4:27evilrighteousnessfollowing
• Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9speakingblessingcalling
• And don’t let us yield to temptation,
  but rescue us from the evil one.
  Matthew 6:13temptationdesiresevil
• Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
  only fools insist on quarreling.
  Proverbs 20:3speakingpeaceanger
• Deceit fills hearts that are plotting evil;
  joy fills hearts that are planning peace!
  Proverbs 12:20eviljoypeace
• But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
  2 Thessalonians 3:3reliabilitysafetystrength
• Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one.
  Matthew 5:37reliabilityevilspeaking
• I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.
  John 17:15safetymediatorevil
• For the Scriptures say,
  “If you want to enjoy life
  and see many happy days,
  keep your tongue from speaking evil
  and your lips from telling lies.
  Turn away from evil and do good.
  Search for peace, and work to maintain it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
  Romans 12:9loveevilgoodness
• Do what is good and run from evil
  so that you may live!
  Then the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper,
  just as you have claimed.
  Amos 5:14holinessrewardseeking
• When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.
  Ecclesiastes 8:11sinheartpunishment
• But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;
  he will erase their memory from the earth.
  Psalm 34:16evilsin
• You who love the Lord, hate evil!
  He protects the lives of his godly people
  and rescues them from the power of the wicked.
  Psalm 97:10reliabilityredeemerevil