Ecclesiastes 7:22

American Standard Version (1901)

for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
  • Matt 18:32-35 : 32 Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me: 33 shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due. 35 So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
  • John 8:7-9 : 7 But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. 9 And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
  • Jas 3:9 : 9 Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:

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    5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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    23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

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    18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

  • Prov 23:7-8
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    12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

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