1 Peter 3:10

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For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

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  • Ps 34:12-16 : 12 Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life? 13 Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech! 14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it! 15 The LORD pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help. 16 But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
  • Jas 3:1-9 : 1 The Power of the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well. 3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. 4 Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs. 5 So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze. 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. 8 But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
  • John 12:25 : 25 The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.
  • Prov 3:2 : 2 for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you.
  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.
  • Prov 4:22 : 22 for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the LORD.
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine(all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.
  • Matt 13:16-17 : 16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 He said to him,“Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.
  • Ps 49:19 : 19 But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.
  • Ps 106:5 : 5 so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 For this is no idle word for you– it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
  • Job 2:4 : 4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
  • Job 7:7-8 : 7 Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness. 8 The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
  • Job 9:25 : 25 Renewed Complaint“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
  • Ps 27:13 : 13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD’s favor in the land of the living?

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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

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    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

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    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

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    29You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it would give grace to those who hear.

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    1So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

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    4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

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    27Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.

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    15See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

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    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

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    11The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

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    22He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

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    10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

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    8But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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    16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

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    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

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    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

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    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

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    3You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah)

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    14Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.

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    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

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    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

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    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

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    3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

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    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,