Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 34:14, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Psalms 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
- 1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- 3 John 1:11
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
- Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, …
- Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
- Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
- Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
- Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
More to meet God in Psalms
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.