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10 The Bible says this:

    ‘Do you want to enjoy your life?
    Do you want to be happy?
    Then you must be careful not to say evil things.
    Do not tell any lies.
11 Stop doing evil things.
    Instead, do things that are good.
    Try to be friends with people.
    Help people to live in peace with each other.
12 Remember that the Lord God sees what everyone does.
    He takes care of people who do what is right.
    When they pray, he listens to them.
    But the Lord God turns against people who do evil things.’[a]

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  1. 3:12 See Psalms 34:12-16.

10 For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
    and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”[a](A)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:12 Psalm 34:12-16