1 Peter 3:10

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1 Peter 3:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

11 He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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Psalms 34:12

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

Psalms 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

Psalms 34:14

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalms 34:15

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

Psalms 34:16

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Job 2:4

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Proverbs 3:2

for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

Matthew 19:17

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Mark 8:35

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.

John 12:25

Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

Job 7:8

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

Job 9:25

My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

Job 33:28

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Psalms 27:13

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalms 49:19

he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.

Psalms 106:5

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

Matthew 13:17

For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

James 1:26

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

James 3:1

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

James 3:3

When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.

James 3:4

Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.

James 3:5

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

James 3:6

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:7

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

James 3:8

but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:9

With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

1 Peter 2:22

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

Revelation 14:5

And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.