Pursue justice and justice alone, so that you will live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you. (Deuteronomy 16:20
How long, exalted ones, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie? Selah (Psalm 4:2)
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live. (Psalm 23:6)
Turn away from evil and do what is good; seek peace and pursue it. (Psalm 34:14)
I pursue the way of your commands, for you broaden my understanding. (Psalm 119:32)
Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will pursue your prosperity. (Psalm 122:9)
Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding. (Proverbs 9:6)The Lord detests the way of the wicked, but he loves the one who pursues righteousness. (Proverbs 15:9)
The one who pursues righteousness and faithful love will find life, righteousness, and honor. (Proverbs 21:21)
Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause. (Isaiah 1:17)Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug. (Isaiah 51:1)
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem. Investigate; search in her squares. If you find one person, any who acts justly, who pursues faithfulness, then I will forgive her. (Jeremiah 5:1)
Pursue the well-being of the city I have deported you to. Pray to the Lord on its behalf, for when it thrives, you will thrive.” (Jeremiah 29:7)
Pursue good and not evil so that you may live, and the Lord, the God of Armies, will be with you as you have claimed. (Amos 5:14)
What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith. (Romans 9:30)
Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. (Romans 9:32)
Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality. (Romans 12:13)
So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another. (Romans 14:19)
Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy. (1 Corinthians 14:1)
I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:14)
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all. (1 Thessalonians 5:15)
But you, man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. (1 Timothy 6:11)
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (2 Timothy 2:22)
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will see the Lord. (Hebrews 12:14)
and let him turn awayfrom eviland do what is good.Let him seek peaceand pursue it, (1 Peter 3:11)
Pursue in the negative
But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go.”’” (Jeremiah 45:5)
But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for abhorrent acts and detestable practices, I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. (Ezekiel 11:21)
So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit. (Ezekiel 33:31)
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt. (Hosea 12:1)