Avoid evil (3/4)

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the… Jeremiah 29:11

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 planning blessing hope
Keep my steps steady according to your promise,
and never let iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalm 119:133 sin following evil

Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 sadness worrying heart
Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Ephesians 6:14-16 truth righteousness evangelism
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29 speaking gossip goodness
The clever see danger and hide;
but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27:12 mind safety protection
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication;
that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor,
not with lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 holiness sexuality body
Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 creation life joy
For the customs of the peoples are false:
a tree from the forest is cut down,
and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
people deck it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah 10:3-5 idols fear
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 love patience anger
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15 family idols following
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.
Matthew 6:34 life worrying dependence
Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.
James 1:21 salvation Word of God evil
The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
Proverbs 11:18 sin righteousness reward
For the righteous will never be moved;
they will be remembered forever.
Psalm 112:6 righteousness protection
Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Daniel 12:10 purification sin understanding
For whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
1 John 5:4 faith God overcoming
The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
but destruction for evildoers.
Proverbs 10:29 sin reliability law
Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.
2 Peter 1:4 reward desires world
Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
Luke 10:20 joy heaven eternal life
It does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7 love truth evil
Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
Romans 13:14 desires addiction Jesus
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 eternal life holiness righteousness
Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22 desires temptation evil
Better is a little that the righteous person has
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37:16-17 sin money righteousness