1 Peter 3:12

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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are over the

צַדִּיק

tsaddîyq

H6662

just

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and his

אֹזֶן

ʼôzen

H241

broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

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are

פָּתַח

pâthach

H6605

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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unto their

תְּפִלָּה

tᵉphillâh

H8605

intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn

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but the

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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is

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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them that do

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Key Terms in This Verse

prayers H8605

תְּפִלָּה tᵉphillâh

intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn

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open H6605

פָּתַח pâthach

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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ears H241

אֹזֶן ʼôzen

broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

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righteous H6662

צַדִּיק tsaddîyq

just

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face H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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eyes H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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against H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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Lord H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Lord H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

John 9:31 cross-reference

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

Proverbs 15:29 cross-reference

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:3 cross-reference

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

2 Chronicles 7:15 cross-reference

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Proverbs 15:8 cross-reference

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

James 5:16 cross-reference

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

2 Chronicles 16:9 cross-reference

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henc...

Ezekiel 15:7 cross-reference

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

Psalm 65:2 cross-reference

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

Deuteronomy 11:12 cross-reference

A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Psalm 80:16 cross-reference

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Leviticus 26:17 cross-reference

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Leviticus 20:3 cross-reference

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

Leviticus 17:10 cross-reference

And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will c...

Leviticus 20:6 cross-reference

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Psalm 11:4 cross-reference

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Jeremiah 21:10 cross-reference

For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Zechariah 4:10 cross-reference

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through...

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