1 Peter 3:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 9:31 : 31 We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
  • Prov 15:29 : 29 The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.
  • Ps 34:15-16 : 15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.
  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
  • Ps 65:2 : 2 To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
  • Jer 21:10 : 10 For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.
  • Ezek 15:7 : 7 And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.
  • Zech 4:10 : 10 For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.
  • Lev 17:10 : 10 And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.
  • Lev 20:3 : 3 And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.
  • Lev 20:6 : 6 And whoever goes after those who make use of spirits and wonder-workers, doing evil with them, against him will my face be turned, and he will be cut off from among his people.
  • Lev 26:17 : 17 And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.
  • Deut 11:12 : 12 A land cared for by the Lord your God: the eyes of the Lord your God are on it at all times from one end of the year to the other.
  • 2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.
  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

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  • Ps 34:14-17
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    14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

    15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

    16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

    17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

  • Prov 15:29
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    29 The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • 1 Pet 3:13
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    13 Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?

  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
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    10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

    11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 33:18
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    18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

  • Ps 125:3-4
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    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

    4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

  • Hab 1:13
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    13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 3:32-33
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    32 For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

    33 The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Jer 20:12
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    12 But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Jer 16:17
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    17 For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Ps 11:4-5
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    4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

    5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Ps 146:8
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    8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

  • Job 36:7
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    7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

  • Job 34:21
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    21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • 2 Chr 7:15
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    15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

  • Dan 9:14
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    14 So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.

  • 2 Thess 3:3
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    3 But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

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    3 See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

  • Prov 28:9
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    9 As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.

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    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

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    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

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    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

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    6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.

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    3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

  • Jer 12:1
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    1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

  • Isa 3:10
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    10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

  • Ps 25:15
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    15 My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.