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1 Peter 3:10–18

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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:
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
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.
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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From verse 10

  1. Psalms 34:12–16Rank 1 from verse 10
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    12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

    16The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  2. James 1:26Rank 2 from verse 10
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    26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

  3. 1 Peter 2:1Rank 3 from verse 10
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

  4. 1 Peter 2:22Rank 4 from verse 10
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    22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

  5. Revelation 14:5Rank 5 from verse 10
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    5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

  6. James 3:1–10Rank 6 from verse 10
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    1MY brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

    2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

    3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

    4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

    5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

    7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

    8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

    9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

    10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

  7. John 1:47Rank 7 from verse 10
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    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

  8. John 12:25Rank 8 from verse 10
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    25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

  9. Proverbs 3:2Rank 9 from verse 10
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    2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

  10. Proverbs 8:35Rank 10 from verse 10
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    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

  11. Job 7:7–8Rank 11 from verse 10
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    7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

    8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

  12. Matthew 13:16–17Rank 12 from verse 10
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    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

    17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

  13. Matthew 19:17Rank 13 from verse 10
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    17And 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.

  14. Proverbs 3:18Rank 14 from verse 10
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    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

  15. Proverbs 4:22Rank 15 from verse 10
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    22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  16. Deuteronomy 32:47Rank 16 from verse 10
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    47For 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.

  17. Job 33:28Rank 17 from verse 10
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    28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

  18. Job 9:25Rank 18 from verse 10
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    25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

  19. Mark 8:35Rank 19 from verse 10
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    35For 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.

  20. Psalms 27:13Rank 20 from verse 10
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    13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

  21. Psalms 49:19Rank 21 from verse 10
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    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

  22. Ecclesiastes 2:3Rank 22 from verse 10
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    3I 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 the heaven all the days of their life.

  23. Job 2:4Rank 23 from verse 10
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    4And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

  24. Psalms 106:5Rank 24 from verse 10
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    5That 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.

From verse 11

  1. Matthew 5:9Rank 1 from verse 11
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    9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

  2. Hebrews 12:14Rank 2 from verse 11
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    14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  3. Psalms 34:14Rank 3 from verse 11
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    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

  4. Colossians 3:15Rank 4 from verse 11
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    15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

  5. Romans 14:19Rank 5 from verse 11
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    19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

  6. James 4:17Rank 6 from verse 11
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    17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

  7. Romans 14:17Rank 7 from verse 11
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    17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

  8. 3 John 1:11Rank 8 from verse 11
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    11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  9. Romans 12:18Rank 9 from verse 11
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    18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

  10. 1 Timothy 6:18Rank 10 from verse 11
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    18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

  11. Galatians 5:22Rank 11 from verse 11
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  12. Galatians 6:10Rank 12 from verse 11
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    10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

  13. Hebrews 13:16Rank 13 from verse 11
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    16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

  14. James 3:17–18Rank 14 from verse 11
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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

    18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

  15. Romans 8:6Rank 15 from verse 11
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    6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

  16. John 17:15Rank 16 from verse 11
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    15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

  17. Matthew 5:45Rank 17 from verse 11
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    45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  18. Matthew 6:13Rank 18 from verse 11
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    13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  19. Psalms 37:27Rank 19 from verse 11
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    27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

  20. Romans 5:1Rank 20 from verse 11
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    1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  21. Romans 7:21Rank 21 from verse 11
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    21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

  22. Isaiah 1:16–17Rank 22 from verse 11
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    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

    17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  23. Job 1:1Rank 23 from verse 11
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    1THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  24. Job 2:3Rank 24 from verse 11
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    3And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

  25. Job 28:28Rank 25 from verse 11
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    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  26. Luke 1:79Rank 26 from verse 11
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    79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  27. Luke 6:35Rank 27 from verse 11
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    35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

  28. Luke 6:9Rank 28 from verse 11
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    9Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

  29. Mark 14:7Rank 29 from verse 11
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    7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

  30. Proverbs 16:17Rank 30 from verse 11
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  31. Proverbs 16:6Rank 31 from verse 11
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    6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

  32. Proverbs 3:7Rank 32 from verse 11
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    7¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

  33. Psalms 120:6–7Rank 33 from verse 11
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    6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

    7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

  34. Psalms 125:4Rank 34 from verse 11
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    4Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

  35. Romans 7:19Rank 35 from verse 11
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    19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

From verse 12

  1. Psalms 34:15–16Rank 1 from verse 12
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    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

    16The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  2. John 9:31Rank 2 from verse 12
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    31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

  3. Proverbs 15:29Rank 3 from verse 12
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    29The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  4. Proverbs 15:3Rank 4 from verse 12
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    3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  5. 2 Chronicles 7:15Rank 5 from verse 12
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    15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

  6. James 5:16Rank 6 from verse 12
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    16Confess 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.

  7. Proverbs 15:8Rank 7 from verse 12
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  8. 2 Chronicles 16:9Rank 8 from verse 12
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    9For 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 henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  9. Ezekiel 15:7Rank 9 from verse 12
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    7And 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.

  10. Psalms 65:2Rank 10 from verse 12
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    2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

  11. Deuteronomy 11:12Rank 11 from verse 12
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    12A 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.

  12. Leviticus 20:3Rank 12 from verse 12
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    3And 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.

  13. Leviticus 26:17Rank 13 from verse 12
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    17And 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.

  14. Psalms 80:16Rank 14 from verse 12
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    16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

  15. Jeremiah 21:10Rank 15 from verse 12
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    10For 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.

  16. Leviticus 17:10Rank 16 from verse 12
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    10¶ 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 cut him off from among his people.

  17. Leviticus 20:6Rank 17 from verse 12
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    6¶ 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.

  18. Psalms 11:4Rank 18 from verse 12
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    4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

  19. Zechariah 4:10Rank 19 from verse 12
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    10For 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 the whole earth.

From verse 13

  1. Proverbs 16:7Rank 1 from verse 13
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    7When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

  2. Romans 8:28Rank 2 from verse 13
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    28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:15Rank 3 from verse 13
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    15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

  4. 3 John 1:11Rank 4 from verse 13
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    11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  5. Psalms 38:20Rank 5 from verse 13
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    20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

  6. 1 Corinthians 14:1Rank 6 from verse 13
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    1FOLLOW after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

  7. 1 Timothy 5:10Rank 7 from verse 13
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    10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

  8. Ephesians 5:1Rank 8 from verse 13
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    1BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

  9. Proverbs 15:9Rank 9 from verse 13
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    9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

  10. Romans 13:3Rank 10 from verse 13
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    3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

From verse 14

  1. Matthew 10:28Rank 1 from verse 14
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    28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  2. 1 Peter 2:19–20Rank 2 from verse 14
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    19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  3. Matthew 5:10–12Rank 3 from verse 14
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    10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  4. Isaiah 41:10–14Rank 4 from verse 14
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    10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

    11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

    12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

    13For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

    14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

  5. Isaiah 8:12–13Rank 5 from verse 14
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    12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

    13Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

  6. 1 Peter 4:13–16Rank 6 from verse 14
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    13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

    16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

  7. 2 Corinthians 12:10Rank 7 from verse 14
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    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  8. James 1:12Rank 8 from verse 14
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    12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

  9. Luke 6:22–23Rank 9 from verse 14
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    22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

    23Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

  10. Luke 12:4–5Rank 10 from verse 14
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    4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

    5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

  11. John 14:1Rank 11 from verse 14
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    1LET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

  12. John 14:27Rank 12 from verse 14
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    27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

  13. Matthew 16:25Rank 13 from verse 14
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    25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

  14. Jeremiah 1:8Rank 14 from verse 14
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    8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

  15. Mark 10:29Rank 15 from verse 14
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    29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,

  16. Mark 8:35Rank 16 from verse 14
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    35For 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.

  17. Matthew 19:29Rank 17 from verse 14
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    29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

  18. 1 Peter 3:6Rank 18 from verse 14
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    6Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

  19. Acts 18:9–10Rank 19 from verse 14
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    9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

    10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

  20. Isaiah 51:12Rank 20 from verse 14
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    12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

  21. Jeremiah 15:15Rank 21 from verse 14
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    15¶ O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

  22. Matthew 10:18–22Rank 22 from verse 14
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    18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

    19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

    20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

    21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

    22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  23. Matthew 10:31Rank 23 from verse 14
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    31Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

  24. Matthew 10:39Rank 24 from verse 14
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    39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

  25. Acts 9:16Rank 25 from verse 14
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    16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

  26. Philippians 1:29Rank 26 from verse 14
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    29For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

  27. Ezekiel 3:9Rank 27 from verse 14
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    9As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

From verse 15

  1. Colossians 4:6Rank 1 from verse 15
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    6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

  2. 2 Timothy 2:25–26Rank 2 from verse 15
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    25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

    26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  3. Luke 21:14–15Rank 3 from verse 15
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    14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

    15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  4. 1 Peter 3:2Rank 4 from verse 15
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    2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

  5. Matthew 10:18–20Rank 5 from verse 15
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    18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

    19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

    20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

  6. Hebrews 6:1Rank 6 from verse 15
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    1THEREFORE leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

  7. Psalms 119:46Rank 7 from verse 15
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    46I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

  8. Titus 1:2Rank 8 from verse 15
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    2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

  9. Colossians 1:27Rank 9 from verse 15
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    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  10. 1 Samuel 12:7Rank 10 from verse 15
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    7Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.

  11. Colossians 1:23Rank 11 from verse 15
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    23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

  12. Colossians 1:5Rank 12 from verse 15
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    5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

  13. Hebrews 6:18–19Rank 13 from verse 15
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    18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

    19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

  14. Acts 5:29–31Rank 14 from verse 15
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    29¶ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

    30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

    31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

  15. Daniel 3:16–18Rank 15 from verse 15
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    16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

    17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

    18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

  16. 1 Peter 1:3–4Rank 16 from verse 15
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    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

    4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

  17. Hebrews 3:6Rank 17 from verse 15
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    6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

  18. 1 Peter 3:4Rank 18 from verse 15
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    4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  19. Isaiah 29:23Rank 19 from verse 15
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    23But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

  20. Acts 4:8–12Rank 20 from verse 15
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

    9If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

    10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

    11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

    12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  21. Amos 7:14–17Rank 21 from verse 15
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    14¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

    15And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

    16¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

    17Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

  22. Isaiah 1:18Rank 22 from verse 15
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    18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  23. Isaiah 41:21Rank 23 from verse 15
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    21Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

  24. Isaiah 5:16Rank 24 from verse 15
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    16But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

  25. Acts 24:25Rank 25 from verse 15
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    25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

  26. 1 Peter 1:17Rank 26 from verse 15
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    17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

  27. Acts 21:39–5Rank 27 from verse 15
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  28. Jeremiah 26:12–16Rank 28 from verse 15
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    12¶ Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

    13Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

    14As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.

    15But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

    16¶ Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.

  29. Numbers 20:12Rank 29 from verse 15
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    12¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

  30. Numbers 27:14Rank 30 from verse 15
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    14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

From verse 16

  1. 1 Peter 2:12Rank 1 from verse 16
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    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  2. 1 Peter 2:15Rank 2 from verse 16
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    15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

  3. Hebrews 13:18Rank 3 from verse 16
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    18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

  4. Titus 2:8Rank 4 from verse 16
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    8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

  5. Matthew 5:11Rank 5 from verse 16
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    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

  6. 1 Peter 2:19Rank 6 from verse 16
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    19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

  7. 1 Timothy 1:5Rank 7 from verse 16
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    5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

  8. Acts 24:16Rank 8 from verse 16
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    16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

  9. Romans 9:1Rank 9 from verse 16
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    1I SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

  10. 1 Peter 3:21Rank 10 from verse 16
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    21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

  11. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 11 from verse 16
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  12. 1 Peter 3:1–2Rank 12 from verse 16
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    1LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

    2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

  13. 2 Corinthians 4:2Rank 13 from verse 16
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    2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

  14. Hebrews 9:14Rank 14 from verse 16
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    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  15. 1 Timothy 1:19Rank 15 from verse 16
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    19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

  16. 2 Timothy 1:3Rank 16 from verse 16
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    3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

From verse 17

  1. 1 Peter 3:14Rank 1 from verse 17
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    14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

  2. 1 Peter 4:19Rank 2 from verse 17
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    19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

  3. Matthew 26:39Rank 3 from verse 17
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    39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

  4. 1 Peter 2:15Rank 4 from verse 17
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    15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

  5. 1 Peter 2:20Rank 5 from verse 17
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    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  6. Acts 21:14Rank 6 from verse 17
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    14And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

  7. Matthew 26:42Rank 7 from verse 17
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    42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

  8. 1 Peter 4:15Rank 8 from verse 17
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

From verse 18

  1. Hebrews 9:28Rank 1 from verse 18
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    28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

  2. Hebrews 9:26Rank 2 from verse 18
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    26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  3. 2 Corinthians 5:21Rank 3 from verse 18
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    21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  4. 1 Peter 4:6Rank 4 from verse 18
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    6For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

  5. Titus 2:14Rank 5 from verse 18
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    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  6. Romans 5:6–8Rank 6 from verse 18
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    6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

    7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

    8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

  7. 1 John 1:9Rank 7 from verse 18
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    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  8. Colossians 1:21–22Rank 8 from verse 18
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    21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

    22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

  9. Romans 4:25Rank 9 from verse 18
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    25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

  10. Romans 8:3Rank 10 from verse 18
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    3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

  11. 1 Peter 4:1Rank 11 from verse 18
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    1FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

  12. Galatians 3:13Rank 12 from verse 18
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    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  13. Galatians 1:4Rank 13 from verse 18
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    4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

  14. Ephesians 2:16–18Rank 14 from verse 18
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    16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

    17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

    18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

  15. Isaiah 53:4–6Rank 15 from verse 18
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    4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  16. 1 Peter 2:21–24Rank 16 from verse 18
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    21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

    22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

    23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  17. Romans 1:4Rank 17 from verse 18
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    4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

  18. Romans 5:2Rank 18 from verse 18
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    2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

  19. 2 Corinthians 13:4Rank 19 from verse 18
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    4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

  20. Acts 3:14Rank 20 from verse 18
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    14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

  21. James 5:6Rank 21 from verse 18
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    6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

  22. Romans 8:11Rank 22 from verse 18
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    11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

  23. Acts 22:14Rank 23 from verse 18
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    14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

  24. Matthew 27:19Rank 24 from verse 18
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    19¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

  25. Zechariah 9:9Rank 25 from verse 18
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    9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  26. 2 Corinthians 1:24Rank 26 from verse 18
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    24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

  27. Matthew 27:24Rank 27 from verse 18
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    24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

  28. Daniel 9:26Rank 28 from verse 18
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    26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:10

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

refrain

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1. To hold back or restrain oneself or something. 2. To abstain or keep away from.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

guile

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Deceit, treachery, fraud, or deceitful cunning used to mislead or entrap.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:11

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

peace

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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ensue

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To follow after, pursue, seek to obtain, or continue after the thing set before one.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:12

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

prayers

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Requests, petitions, supplications, intercessions, or thanksgivings addressed to God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:13

COMBINED MEANING

harm

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Hurt, injury, damage, loss, or an adverse charge or report, according to the object and phrase.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sake

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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

troubled

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Disturbed, agitated, alarmed, perplexed, afflicted, burdened, unsettled, or caused to suffer inward, bodily, social, or outward disruption.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:15

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sanctify

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To set apart as holy, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, cleanse, purify, or treat as holy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hearts

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The inward lives of persons: their thoughts, understanding, conscience, affections, desires, purposes, will, courage, or disposition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ready

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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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answer

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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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reason

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A ground or cause; understanding or judgment; to think, discuss, or argue.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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hope

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1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:16

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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conscience

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The inward moral awareness that bears witness concerning one's conduct, accusing or excusing and approving or condemning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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whereas

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1. Considering that. 2. While or when in fact. 3. In contrast to the fact that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ashamed

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1. Brought to shame, dishonour, confusion, or disappointed expectation. 2. Feeling or showing shame or embarrassment because of conduct, condition, or exposure. 3. Unwilling or reluctant to own, acknowledge, associate with, or do something because of shame.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

conversation

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Sense 1: Conduct, behaviour, or manner of life. Sense 2: A person's commonwealth or place of belonging.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:17

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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better

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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Peter 3:18

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

once

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Sense 1: One time or a single occurrence. Sense 2: At once: at the same instant or together. Sense 3: Formerly; at an earlier time. Sense 4: When once: when the stated point has been reached.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

suffered

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Sense 1: Allowed or permitted. Sense 2: Bore, endured, or underwent pain, loss, or another experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

unjust

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Sense 1: Not right, fair, lawful, honest, or equitable; unrighteous, wicked, fraudulent, partial, or withholding what is due. Sense 2: A person so acting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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3:8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

3:9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

3:10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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3:11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

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3:12For 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.

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3:13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

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3:14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

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3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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3:16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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3:17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

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3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

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3:19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

3:21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

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