Bible Verses about 'Avoid evil'

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• Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  Romans 12:21evilgoodnessovercoming
• The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
  Pride, arrogance, the evil way,
  And the perverted mouth, I hate.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
  Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
  Stop doing evil.
  Isaiah 1:16sinpurificationevil
• Turn from evil and do good;
  Seek peace and pursue it.
  Psalm 34:14evilgoodnesspeace
• The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
  Luke 6:45sinspeakingblessing
• But examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22understandingevilprophecy
• Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.
  Romans 16:17holinesscommunityevil
• See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek what is good for one another and for all people.
  1 Thessalonians 5:15blamelessrighteousnessevil
• Keep your tongue from evil
  And your lips from speaking deceit.
  Psalm 34:13speakingeviltruth
• Not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you would inherit a blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9speakingblessingcalling
• Do not turn to the right or to the left;
  Turn your foot from evil.
  Proverbs 4:27evilrighteousnessfollowing
• Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
  But any fool will quarrel.
  Proverbs 20:3speakingpeaceanger
• And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
  Matthew 6:13temptationdesiresevil
• Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
  Romans 12:9loveevilgoodness
• Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are fully given to do evil.
  Ecclesiastes 8:11sinheartpunishment
• Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
  But counselors of peace have joy.
  Proverbs 12:20eviljoypeace
• But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
  2 Thessalonians 3:3reliabilitysafetystrength
• But make sure your statement is, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil origin.
  Matthew 5:37reliabilityevilspeaking
• For,
  “The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
  Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
  He must turn away from evil and do good;
  He must seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one.
  John 17:15safetymediatorevil
• “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• Seek good and not evil, so that you may live;
  And so may the Lord God of armies be with you,
  Just as you have said!
  Amos 5:14holinessrewardseeking
• For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• Hate evil, you who love the Lord,
  Who watches over the souls of His godly ones;
  He saves them from the hand of the wicked.
  Psalm 97:10reliabilityredeemerevil
• But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
  1 Corinthians 7:2desiresmarriagerelationships