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1 Peter 3:11
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1 Peter 3:11
11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
11Let him eschew euil and do good, let him seeke peace and ensue it.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Peter 3:11
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To shun, avoid, or turn away from.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To follow in a train of events or course of time; to succeed; to come after.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
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Open the full verse study14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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Open the full verse study14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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Open the full verse study15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
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Open the full verse study19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
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Open the full verse study17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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Open the full verse study17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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Open the full verse study11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
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Open the full verse study18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
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Open the full verse study18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
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Open the full verse study22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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Open the full verse study10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
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Open the full verse study16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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Open the full verse study17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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Open the full verse study6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
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Open the full verse study15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
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Open the full verse study45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Open the full verse study13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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Open the full verse study27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
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Open the full verse study1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Open the full verse study21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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Open the full verse study1THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
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Open the full verse study3And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
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Open the full verse study28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
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Open the full verse study79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Open the full verse study35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
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Open the full verse study9Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
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Open the full verse study7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
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Open the full verse study17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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Open the full verse study6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
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Open the full verse study7¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
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Open the full verse study6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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Open the full verse study4Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
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Open the full verse study19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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