Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
All Commentaries on Psalms 34:14 Go To Psalms 34
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Good. It will not suffice to refrain from criminal actions, Psalm xxxvi. 27.
Peace, both private and public, Jeremias xxix. 7. (Calmet)
A person may, notwithstanding, have much to suffer. But St. Peter prevents this objection, by proclaiming those happy who suffer for justice sake, ver. 14. (Berthier)
Good works are necessary as well as faith. (Worthington) Nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud Si te alio pravum detorseris. (Horace, ii. sat. 2.)