Psalms 37:27

37:27 Turn away from evil! Do what is right!

Then you will enjoy lasting security.

Job 28:28

28:28 And he said to mankind,

‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom,

and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Proverbs 3:7

3:7 Do not be wise in your own estimation;

fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 8:13

8:13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;

I hate arrogant pride and the evil way

and perverse utterances.

Proverbs 13:14

13:14 Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain,

to turn a person from deadly snares.

Proverbs 16:16-17

16:16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold;

to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

16:17 The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil;

the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

Isaiah 1:16-17

1:16 Wash! Cleanse yourselves!

Remove your sinful deeds

from my sight.

Stop sinning!

1:17 Learn to do what is right!

Promote justice!

Give the oppressed reason to celebrate!

Take up the cause of the orphan!

Defend the rights of the widow!

Romans 12:9

Conduct in Love

12:9 Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

Romans 12:2

12:2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Romans 2:19

2:19 and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

Romans 2:1

The Condemnation of the Moralist

2:1 Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

Romans 3:11

3:11 there is no one who understands,

there is no one who seeks God.