1 Peter 3:10
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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.

he.

Psalm 34:12-16 Who is the man that desireth life: who liveth to see good days? . . .

love.

Deuteronomy 32:47 For they are not commanded you in vain, but that every one should live in them, and that doing them you may continue a long time in the land whither you are going over the Jordan to possess it.

Job 2:4 And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man hath, he will give for his life:

Proverbs 3:2,18 Let not mercy aud truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart. . . .

Proverbs 4:22 With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.

Proverbs 8:35 But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.

Matthew 19:17 Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel shall save it.

John 12:25 Itself remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal.

see.

Job 7:7,8 Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things. . . .

Job 9:25 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.

Job 33:28 He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.

Psalm 27:13 I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 49:19 He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.

Psalm 106:5 That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

Ecclesiastes 2:3 I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

Matthew 13:16,17 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. . . .

refrain.

James 1:26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 3:1-10 Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment. . . .

speak.

1 Peter 2:1,22 Wherefore laying away all malice and all guile and dissimulations and envies and all detractions, . . .

John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.

Revelation 14:5 And in their mouth there was found no lie: for they are without spot before the throne of God.

Context
Turning from Evil
9Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may 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 decline from evil and do good: Let him seek after peace and pursue it:…
Cross References
Psalm 34:12
Who is the man that desireth life: who liveth to see good days?

Psalm 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Lexicon
For,
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

“Whoever
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

would
θέλων (thelōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

love
ἀγαπᾶν (agapan)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

life
ζωὴν (zōēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

see
ἰδεῖν (idein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

good
ἀγαθὰς (agathas)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 18: A primary word; 'good'.

days
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

must keep
παυσάτω (pausatō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3973: A primary verb; to stop, i.e. Restrain, quit, desist, come to an end.

[his]
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

tongue
γλῶσσαν (glōssan)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1100: The tongue; by implication, a language.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

evil
κακοῦ (kakou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2556: Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[his] lips
χείλη (cheilē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 5491: From a form of the same as chasma; a lip; figuratively, a margin.

[from]
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

deceitful
δόλον (dolon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1388: Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile.

speech.
λαλῆσαι (lalēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.


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

For, "The one desiring to love life, and to see good days, let him keep the tongue from evil, and lips not to speak deceit.

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:

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;

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

for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;
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