Mazmur 34:12-16

34:12 Do you want to really live?¹

Would you love to live a long, happy life?²

34:13 Then make sure you don’t speak evil words³

or use deceptive speech!⁴

34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right!⁵

Strive for peace and promote it!⁶

34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly

and hears their cry for help.⁷

34:16 But the Lord opposes evildoers

and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.⁸

Amsal 11:27

11:27 The one who diligently seeks⁹ good seeks favor,

but the one who searches¹⁰ for evil – it will come to him.¹¹

Yesaya 1:16-17

1:16 ¹²Wash! Cleanse yourselves!

Remove your sinful deeds¹³

from my sight.

Stop sinning!

1:17 Learn to do what is right!

Promote justice!

Give the oppressed reason to celebrate!¹⁴

Take up the cause of the orphan!

Defend the rights of the widow!¹⁵

Yesaya 55:2

55:2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you?¹⁶

Why spend¹⁷ your hard-earned money¹⁸ on something that will not satisfy?

Listen carefully¹⁹ to me and eat what is nourishing!²⁰

Enjoy fine food!²¹

Mikha 6:8

6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,

and what the Lord really wants from you:²²

He wants you to²³ promote²⁴ justice, to be faithful,²⁵

and to live obediently before²⁶ your God.

Matius 6:33

6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom²⁷ and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Roma 2:7-9

2:7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality, 2:8 but²⁸ wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition²⁹ and do not obey the truth but follow³⁰ unrighteousness. 2:9 There will be³¹ affliction and distress on everyone³² who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,³³

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