1 Peter 3:10 · KJV
“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:”
— 1 Peter 3:10
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
1 Peter 3 — Context
Finally, {be ye} all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, {be} pitiful, {be} courteous: {love as: or, loving to the}
9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12For 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. {against: Gr. upon}
Cross References
Psalms 34:12-16
What man {is he that} desireth life, {and} loveth {many} days, that he may see good?
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.
1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1 Peter 2:22
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Revelation 14:5
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
James 3:1-10
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. {condemnation: or, judgment}
John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
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