1 Peter 3:10

For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

World English Bible

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 rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

11Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

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Cross References

Job 2:4Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Job 9:25“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.

Psalms 27:13I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalms 49:19he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

Proverbs 3:2for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.

Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

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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