1 Peter 3:11

“Let him turn away from resha and let him do that which is good, let him seek shalom and pursue it;”

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

In Context

10HAISH HECHAFETZ CHAYYIM OHEV YAMIM LIROT TOV (For the one wanting to love life and to see good days) NETZOR L'SHONECHA MERAH U'SFATECHA MIDABER MIRMAH (Let him stop his tongue from speaking lashon hora and his lips from speaking remiyah). + 3:10 guile, fraud, deceit

12EINEI ADONOI EL TZADDIKIM V'AZNAV EL SHAV'ATAM (Because the tzaddikim are before the eyes of Hashem and His ears are open to their tefillos). P'NEI ADONOI B'OSEI RAH L'HACHRIT ME'ARETZ ZICHRAM (But the face of the L-rd is against the ones doing evil to cut off their memory from the earth). + 3:12 Ps 34:13-16

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Cross References

Job 1:1There was an ish in Eretz Utz, shmo Iyov; and that ish was blameless and yashar, and yire Elohim, and shunned evil.

Job 28:28And unto adam He said, 1 See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is chochmah, 1 and to depart from rah is binah.

Psalms 37:27Depart from rah, and do tov; 1 and dwell l'olam (for evermore). 1

Psalms 125:4Do good, Hashem, unto the tovim, 1 and to them that are upright in their hearts. 1

Proverbs 16:6By chesed and emes avon is purged, 1 and by the Yirat Hashem men depart from rah. 1

Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you clean; 1 put away the evil of your doings 1 from before Mine eyes; 1 cease to do evil; 1

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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