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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

Doing Good and Turning from Evil

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pur sue it.
(Psalms, 34:14)

Do not op press the wid ow or the fa ther less, the al ien or the
poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each oth er. (Zechari-
ah, 7:10)

Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God
Almighty will be with you, just as you say He is. (Amos, 5:14)

Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land

for ev er. (Psalms, 37:27)

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body and nour ish ment to your
bones. (Proverbs, 3:7-8)

He who seeks good finds good will, but evil comes to him
who search es for it. The fruit of the right eous is a tree of life,
and he who wins souls is wise. (Proverbs, 11:27, 30)

Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan
what is good find love and faith ful ness. (Proverbs, 14:22)

Hate evil, love good... (Amos, 5:15)

A wise man fears the Lord and shuns evil, but a fool is hot -

head ed and reck less. (Proverbs, 14:16)

An or a cle is with in my heart con cern ing the sin ful ness of the
wick ed: There is no fear of God be fore his eyes. For in his own
eyes he flat ters him self too much to de tect or hate his sin. The

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