Bible Verses About Quotations and Allusions: 1 Peter 3:10, »For he that will love life...«

Which of you takes pleasure in living? Who wants a long life to see good things?

[If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk;

turn from evil, and do good; seek peace, go after it!

The eyes of ADONAI watch over the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

But the face of ADONAI opposes those who do evil, to cut off all memory of them from the earth.

For “Whoever wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,

turn from evil and do good, seek peace and chase after it.

For Adonai keeps his eyes on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of Adonai is against those who do evil things.”