Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 1 Peter 3:10

“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:”

1 Peter 3:10 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 Peter 3:10, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 1 Peter 3. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

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

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

10 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:

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

12 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.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 34:12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
  • James 1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
  • 1 Peter 2:22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
  • 1 Peter 2:1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  • Revelation 14:5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
  • James 3:1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
  • John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
  • Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
  • Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
  • John 12:25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
  • Matthew 19:17And 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.
  • Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
  • Job 7:7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
  • Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

More to meet God in 1 Peter

1 Peter 5:71 Peter 2:91 Peter 5:101 Peter 4:101 Peter 3:151 Peter 5:81 Peter 1:121 Peter 2:11 Peter 1:31 Peter 1:21 Peter 1:221 Peter 1:61 Peter 2:241 Peter 1:7

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.