1 Peter 3:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

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  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Blesse them which persecute you: blesse, I say, and curse not.
  • Prov 20:22 : 22 Say not thou, I wil recompense euill: but waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee.
  • Matt 5:39 : 39 But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.
  • Rom 12:19-21 : 19 Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head. 21 Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.
  • Prov 17:13 : 13 He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,
  • Luke 6:27-29 : 27 But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you. 28 Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you. 29 And vnto him that smiteth thee on ye one cheeke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coate also.
  • 1 Pet 2:20-23 : 20 For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God. 21 For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes. 22 Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth. 23 Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.
  • 1 Cor 4:12-13 : 12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it. 13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.
  • Eph 4:32 : 32 Be ye courteous one to another, & tender hearted, freely forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake, freely forgaue you.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall ye king say to them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my father: take the inheritance of the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 Also we knowe that all thinges worke together for the best vnto them that loue God, euen to them that are called of his purpose.
  • Rom 8:30 : 30 Moreouer whom he predestinate, them also he called, & whom he called, them also he iustified, & whom he iustified, them he also glorified.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, which hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesus, after that ye haue suffered a litle, make you perfite, confirme, strengthen and stablish you.
  • Heb 6:14 : 14 Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.

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  • 14Blesse them which persecute you: blesse, I say, and curse not.

  • 15See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

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    10For if any man long after life, and to see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euill, and his lippes that they speake no guile.

    11Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it.

  • 8Finally, be ye all of one minde: one suffer with another: loue as brethren: bee pitifull: bee courteous,

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    16Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.

    17For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.

  • Luke 6:27-29
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    27But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.

    28Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.

    29And vnto him that smiteth thee on ye one cheeke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coate also.

  • Rom 12:17-21
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    17Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.

    18If it bee possible, as much as in you is, haue peace with all men.

    19Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord.

    20Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

    21Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.

  • Matt 5:38-39
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    38Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

    39But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.

  • Matt 5:43-44
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    43Ye haue heard that it hath bin said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate your enemie.

    44But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,

  • Jas 3:9-10
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    9Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

    10Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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    13And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?

    14Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.

  • 2That they speake euill of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, shewing all meekenesse vnto all men.

  • 11Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, & say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

  • 23Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.

  • 31Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

  • 12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

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    19For this is thanke worthie, if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what praise is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faultes, yee take it paciently? but and if when ye doe well, ye suffer wrong and take it paciently, this is acceptable to God.

    21For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes.

  • 16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • 30Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

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    14If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.

  • 13He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • 13Forbearing one another, and forgiuing one another, if any man haue a quarel to another: euen as Christ forgaue, euen so doe ye.

  • 29Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.

  • 15Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 15For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,

  • 12And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.

  • 35Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

  • 6For it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,

  • 25But he that doeth wrong, shall receiue for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  • 4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • 7Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?

  • 13And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

  • 8But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.

  • 14And thou shalt be blessed, because they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the iust.

  • 8And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.