Analysis of No Evil



You all have unity of mind,
Brotherly love and tender heart;
Remain humbled with being kind,
Never let righteousness depart.

Payback not evil for evil,
Nor reviling for reviling;
That is favored by the devil,
Enabling of your defiling.

Rather you obtain a blessing,
For loving life and see good days;
When you have stopped your transgressing,
And stop doing in evil ways.

Stop your lips from speaking deceit,
And evil from seizing your tongue;
Allow righteousness to defeat,
Any wicked thoughts being flung.

Detour from evil and do good,
As you seek peace and pursue it;
Doing righteously as you should,
The Lord rewards for good merit.

For His eyes are on the righteous,
And His ears listens for their prayer;
Those who do evil see justice,
For defiance trying to dare.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD DEDE FDFD GXGX HIHI X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110011 10010101 01101101 10110001 1110110 1111 11101010 0100111 10101010 11010111 11111010 01100101 11111001 01011011 01100101 10101101 01110011 11110011 10100111 01011110 11111010 01110111 11110110 10101011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 816
Words 168
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Suffering for Righteousness' Sake 1 Peter 3:8-12

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Written on October 21, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on October 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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