1 Peter 3:10

for “he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips—not to speak guile;

Literal Standard Version

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 giving back evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, blessing, having known that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing;

11let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

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Cross References

Job 2:4And Satan answers YHWH and says, “A skin for a skin, and all that a man has he gives for his life.

Job 9:25My days have been swifter than a runner, || They have fled, they have not seen good,

Psalms 27:13I had not believed to look on the goodness of YHWH || In the land of the living!

Psalms 49:19It comes to the generation of his fathers, || They do not see the light forever.

Proverbs 3:2For [the] length of [your] days and years, || Life and peace they add to you.

Proverbs 4:22For they [are] life to those finding them, || And healing to all their 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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