1 Peter 3:12

EINEI 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

In Context

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

13And who is the one harming you if you have kana'ut (zeal) for HaTov (The Good)?

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:3And I will set My face against that ish, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his zera unto Molech, to make tamei My Mikdash, and to commit chillul Hashem against Shem Kodshi (My Holy Name).

Leviticus 26:17And I will set My Face against you, and ye shall be struck down before your enemies. They that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none rodef (pursue, persecute) you.

2 Chronicles 7:15Now Mine eyes shall be open, and Mine ears attentive unto the tefillah that is made in Makom HaZeh.

Psalms 11:4Hashem is in His Heikhal Kodesh, 1 Hashemʼs kisse is in Shomayim; 1 His eyes examine, 1 His eyelids try, Bnei Adam. 1

Psalms 65:2Tehillah (praise) is due Thee, O Elohim, in Tziyon; 1 And unto Thee shall the neder (vow) be performed. 1

Proverbs 15:3The eynayim of Hashem are in kol makom (every place), 1 watching the ra'im and the tovim. 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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