1 Peter 3:10
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Let him decline from evil, and do good: let him seek after peace and pursue it:
Cross References
Job 2:4And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life:
Job 9:25My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
Psalms 27:13I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalms 49:19For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
Proverbs 3:2For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those that find them, and health to all 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 →