1 Peter 3:11
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
διώκω
diṓkō
compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
Key Terms in This Verse
διώκω diṓkō
compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
Study G1377 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
That 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.
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Then 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?
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
There 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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