Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. |
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. | But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. |
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So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. | Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. |
For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.” | For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. |
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. | He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. |
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. | Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. |
My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! | My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. |
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. | Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. |
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. | See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. |
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. | Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. |
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. | He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. |
If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. | If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. |