Bible Verses about 'Avoid evil'
| Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. | Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. |
| I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them. | 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. |
| The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. | The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate. |
| Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil. | Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil. |
| Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. | Turn from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. |
| The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. | 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. |
| But test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. | But examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. |
| See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. | See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek what is good for one another and for all people. |
| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. |
| Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing. | 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. |
| Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | Do not turn to the right or to the left; Turn your foot from evil. |
| Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil. | 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. |
| Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. | Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. |
| And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. | And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. |
| It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | Avoiding strife is an honor for a person, But any fool will quarrel. |
| Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy. | Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. |
| But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. | But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. |
| Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one. | But make sure your statement is, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil origin. |
| For “Those who desire life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.” | 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.” |
| I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. | I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one. |
| Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” But they did not hear or heed me, says the Lord. | “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. |
| Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. | 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! |
| The Lord loves those who hate evil; he guards the lives of his faithful; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked. | 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. |
| But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. | But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. |
| No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. | No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. |
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