1 Peter 3:10
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10 For
“Those who desire to love life
and to see good days,
let them keep their tongues from evil
and their lips from speaking deceit;
Psalm 34:12-16
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12 Which of you desires life
and covets many days to enjoy good?(A)
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.(B)
14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.(C)
15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.(D)
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.(E)
James 1:26
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26 If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.(A)
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Revelation 14:5
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5 and in their mouth no lie was found; they are blameless.(A)
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1 Peter 2:22
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22 “He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
1 Peter 2:1
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The Living Stone and a Chosen People
2 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.(A)
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John 1:47
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47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”(A)
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Proverbs 3:2
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2 for length of days and years of life
and abundant welfare they will give you.(A)
John 12:25
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25 Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.(A)
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Proverbs 8:35
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35 For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,(A)
James 3:1-10
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Taming the Tongue
3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will face stricter judgment.(A) 2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(B) 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. 4 Or look at ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a such a small fire!(C) 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[b](D) 7 For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8 but no one can tame the tongue—a restless[c] evil, full of deadly poison.(E) 9 With it we bless the Lord[d] and Father, and with it we curse people, made in the likeness of God.(F) 10 From the same mouth comes a blessing and a curse. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.
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Matthew 19:17
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17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
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Matthew 13:16-17
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16 “But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.(A) 17 Truly I tell you, 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.(B)
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Proverbs 4:22
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22 For they are life to those who find them
and healing to all their flesh.(A)
Proverbs 3:18
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18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called happy.(A)
Job 7:7-8
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7 “Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.(A)
8 The eye that beholds me will see me no more;
while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.(B)
Mark 8:35
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35 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel,[a] will save it.(A)
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- 8.35 Other ancient authorities read lose their life for the sake of the gospel
Psalm 49:19
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- 49.19 Cn: Heb you
Psalm 27:13
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13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.(A)
Job 33:28
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28 He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and my life shall see the light.’(A)
Job 9:25
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25 “My days are swifter than a runner;
they flee away; they see no good.
Deuteronomy 32:47
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47 This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”(A)
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for mortals to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
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Psalm 106:5
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5 that we may see the prosperity of your chosen ones,
that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that we may glory in your heritage.(A)
Job 2:4
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4 Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life.
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- 2.4 Heb the satan
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