1 Peter 3:10
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10 For
(A)“He who would love life
And see good days,
(B)Let him [a]refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
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- 1 Peter 3:10 restrain
Psalm 34:12-16
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12 (A)Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking (B)deceit.
14 (C)Depart from evil and do good;
(D)Seek peace and pursue it.
15 (E)The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 (F)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
(G)To [a]cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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- Psalm 34:16 destroy
James 1:26
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26 If anyone [a]among you thinks he is religious, and (A)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
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- James 1:26 NU omits among you
Revelation 14:5
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5 And (A)in their mouth was found no [a]deceit, for (B)they are without fault [b]before the throne of God.
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- Revelation 14:5 NU, M falsehood
- Revelation 14:5 NU, M omit the rest of v. 5.
1 Peter 2:22
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22 “Who(A) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
1 Peter 2:1
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Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
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John 1:47
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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
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Proverbs 3:2
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2 For length of days and long life
And (A)peace they will add to you.
John 12:25
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25 (A)He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Proverbs 8:35
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35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And (A)obtains favor from the Lord;
James 3:1-10
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The Untamable Tongue
3 My brethren, (A)let not many of you become teachers, (B)knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. 2 For (C)we all stumble in many things. (D)If anyone does not stumble in word, (E)he is a [a]perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 [b]Indeed, (F)we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so (G)the tongue is a little member and (H)boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And (I)the tongue is a fire, a world of [c]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (J)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [d]nature; and it is set on fire by [e]hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, (K)full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made (L)in the [f]similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
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Matthew 19:17
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17 So He said to him, [a]“Why do you call Me good? [b]No one is (A)good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, (B)keep the commandments.”
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- Matthew 19:17 NU Why do you ask Me about what is good?
- Matthew 19:17 NU There is One who is good. But
Matthew 13:16-17
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16 But (A)blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; 17 for assuredly, I say to you (B)that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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Proverbs 4:22
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22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 3:18
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- Proverbs 3:18 hold her fast
Job 7:7-8
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7 Oh, remember that (A)my life is a breath!
My eye will never again see good.
8 (B)The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
Mark 8:35
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35 For (A)whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
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Psalm 49:19
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- Psalm 49:19 The light of life
Psalm 27:13
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13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
(A)In the land of the living.
Job 33:28
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- Job 33:28 Kt. my
Job 9:25
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25 “Now (A)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
Deuteronomy 32:47
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47 For it is not a [a]futile thing for you, because it is your (A)life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”
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- Deuteronomy 32:47 vain
Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 (A)I searched in my heart how [a]to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was (B)good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh
Psalm 106:5
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5 That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with [a]Your inheritance.
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- Psalm 106:5 The people of Your inheritance
Job 2:4
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4 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
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