1 Peter 3:10
“For he that would love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.
Cross References
Job 2:4And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Job 9:25My days have been swifter than a courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.
Psalms 27:13I trust that I shall see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Hope thou in the LORD!
Psalms 49:19Yet shalt thou go to the dwelling-place of thy fathers, Who never more shall see the light!
Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and years of life, And peace shall they multiply to thee.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, And health 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 →