1 Peter 3:12

American Standard Version (1901)

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
  • Prov 15:29 : 29 Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
  • Ps 34:15-16 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry. 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
  • Ps 65:2 : 2 O thou that hearest prayer, Unto thee shall all flesh come.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
  • Jer 21:10 : 10 For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
  • Ezek 15:7 : 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.
  • Zech 4:10 : 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; [these are] the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
  • Lev 17:10 : 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
  • Lev 20:3 : 3 I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
  • Lev 20:6 : 6 And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
  • Lev 26:17 : 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
  • Deut 11:12 : 12 a land which Jehovah thy God careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
  • 2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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    14Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

    15The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry.

    16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

    17[ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

  • Prov 15:29
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    29Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.

  • 1 Pet 3:13
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    13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?

  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
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    10For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

    11And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 33:18
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    18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;

  • Ps 125:3-4
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    3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

    4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.

  • Hab 1:13
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    13Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

  • Prov 12:21
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    21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 3:32-33
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    32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

    33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Jer 20:12
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    12But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

  • Ps 37:17
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    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

  • Jer 16:17
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    17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

  • Ps 11:4-5
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    4Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

    5Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

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    12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Ps 146:8
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    8Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

  • Job 36:7
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    7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

  • Job 34:21
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    21For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.

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    15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.

  • Dan 9:14
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    14Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.

  • 2 Thess 3:3
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    3But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil [one] .

  • Ps 37:27
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    27Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

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    42The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

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    2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

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    9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

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    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

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    9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

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    6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.

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    10Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him] ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

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    15Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.