12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? 13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. 14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 34:12–14
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1 Peter 3:9–11
9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. 11 He must…
Psalms 37:26–28
26 They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing. 27 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever. 28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked…
1 Clement 22:3–5
3 Make thy tongue to cease from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile. (1CL) 4 Turn aside from evil and do good. (1CL) 5 Seek peace and ensue it. (1CL)
Proverbs 4:23–25
23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. 24 Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech. 25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
1 Thessalonians 5:21–23
21 but test all things. Hold fast to what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil. 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sirach 38:9–11
9 My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you. (WEB) 10 Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness. Cleanse your heart from all sin. (WEB) 11 Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour, and pour oil on your offerin… (WEB)
Proverbs 24:18–20
18 or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him. 19 Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked. 20 For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Psalms 101:3–5
3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. 5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haug…
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