Bible Verses about 'Avoid evil'

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• Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  Romans 12:21evilgoodnessovercoming
• Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
  Romans 16:17holinesscommunityevil
• The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
  Pride and arrogance and the evil way
  And the perverse mouth I hate.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
  Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
  Cease to do evil.
  Isaiah 1:16sinpurificationevil
• Depart from evil and do good;
  Seek peace and pursue it.
  Psalm 34:14evilgoodnesspeace
• Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22understandingevilprophecy
• A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
  Luke 6:45sinspeakingblessing
• See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
  1 Thessalonians 5:15blamelessrighteousnessevil
• Keep your tongue from evil,
  And your lips from speaking deceit.
  Psalm 34:13speakingeviltruth
• Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
  1 Peter 3:9speakingblessingcalling
• Do not turn to the right or the left;
  Remove your foot from evil.
  Proverbs 4:27evilrighteousnessfollowing
• It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
  Since any fool can start a quarrel.
  Proverbs 20:3speakingpeaceanger
• Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
  Romans 12:9loveevilgoodness
• Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them 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
• And do not lead us into temptation,
  But deliver us from the evil one.
  For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  Matthew 6:13temptationdesiresevil
• But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
  2 Thessalonians 3:3reliabilitysafetystrength
• But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
  Matthew 5:37reliabilityevilspeaking
• For
  “He who would love life
  And see good days,
  Let him refrain 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.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.
  John 17:15safetymediatorevil
• “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
  Zechariah 1:4conversionevillistening
• Seek good and not evil,
  That you may live;
  So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
  As you have spoken.
  Amos 5:14holinessrewardseeking
• For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• You who love the Lord, hate evil!
  He preserves the souls of His saints;
  He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
  Psalm 97:10reliabilityredeemerevil
• The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
  To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
  Psalm 34:16evilsin