1 Peter 3:10
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
מָנַע
mânaʻ
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Study H3956 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under t...
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
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