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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!
    He protects the lives of his godly people
    and rescues them from the power of the wicked.

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13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
    Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
    corruption and perverse speech.

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Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

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20 The Lord protects all those who love him,
    but he destroys the wicked.

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21 Yes, I will certainly keep you safe from these wicked men.
    I will rescue you from their cruel hands.”

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14 Turn away from evil and do good.
    Search for peace, and work to maintain it.

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28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king’s command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

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Pray, too, that we will be rescued from wicked and evil people, for not everyone is a believer.

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15 Hate evil and love what is good;
    turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies
    will have mercy on the remnant of his people.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:15 Hebrew the remnant of Joseph.

He guards the paths of the just
    and protects those who are faithful to him.

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23 Love the Lord, all you godly ones!
    For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him,
    but he harshly punishes the arrogant.

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18 We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.

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19 We love each other[a] because he loved us first.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:19 Greek We love. Other manuscripts read We love God; still others read We love him.

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