1 Peter 3:10

For whoever wants to love life and to see good days should restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, so that they utter no deceit.

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In The King James Version

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

In Context

9not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.

11Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

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Cross References

Job 2:4Answering him, Satan said, “Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.

Job 9:25My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.

Psalms 49:19Your mouth has abounded with malice, and your tongue has concocted deceits.

Proverbs 3:2For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace.

Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them and health to all that is flesh.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:9-16

Duties towards Friends and Enemies. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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