1 Peter 3:10

For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

11Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and follow after it.

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Cross References

Job 2:4And Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.

Job 9:25My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.

Psalms 27:13I should haue fainted, except I had beleeued to see the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the liuing.

Psalms 49:19He shall enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.

Proverbs 3:2For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.

Proverbs 4:22For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto 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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