There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Now that man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
1 Peter 3:11 - Tree of Life Version He must turn away from evil and do good. He must seek shalom and pursue it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let him eschew evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and ensue it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!] American Standard Version (1901) And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it. Common English Bible “They should shun evil and do good; ” “seek peace and chase after it. ” Catholic Public Domain Version Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let him decline from evil, and do good: let him seek after peace and pursue it: |
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Now that man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
Then Adonai said to the satan, “Have you noticed My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and spurns evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, though you incited Me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’
The highway of the upright avoids evil. He who guards his way protects his life.
By mercy and truth is iniquity atoned, and by the fear of Adonai one avoids evil.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Adonai and turn away from evil.
so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
For you always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want; but you won’t always have Me.
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of shalom.”
“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.
Yeshua said to them, “I ask you, is it permitted on Shabbat to do good or to do evil, to save or to destroy a life?”
I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in shalom with all people.
for the kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking, but righteousness and shalom and joy in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
So then let us pursue what makes for shalom and for the building up of one another.
Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
For the good that I want, I do not do; but the evil that I do not want, this I practice.
So I find the principle—that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Ruach is life and shalom.
But the fruit of the Ruach is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Therefore, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good toward all—especially those who belong to the household of faith.
Let the shalom of Messiah rule in your hearts—to this shalom you were surely called in one body. Also be thankful.
Direct them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous, sharing,
Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Therefore whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it—for him it is sin.
For the eyes of Adonai are on the righteous and His ears open to their prayer, but the face of Adonai is against those who do evil.”
Loved ones, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
But Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon,