Romans 3:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Ps 59:12 : 12 [ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Ps 109:17-18 : 17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. 18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
Jas 3:10 : 10 out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Rom 3:13
85%
13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
Ps 10:7
83%
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Rom 3:15-16
2 verses
82%
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16Destruction and misery are in their ways;
Ps 5:9
79%
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 140:3
79%
3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Ps 59:12
78%
12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Ps 73:9
78%
9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Ps 64:3
78%
3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Jas 3:8-10
3 verses
77%
8But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
9Therewith {G846} bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith {G846} curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
10out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Prov 24:2
75%
2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
Rom 1:29
74%
29being filled with all unrighteousness, {G4202} wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Ps 59:7
74%
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
Ps 58:4
74%
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Ps 109:2
74%
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
Ps 36:3
74%
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Ps 50:19
74%
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
Matt 12:34
74%
34Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Job 20:12
73%
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
2 Pet 2:14
73%
14having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;
Lam 3:65
73%
65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
Lam 3:15
73%
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
Job 15:5
73%
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Jas 3:6
72%
6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Ps 62:4
72%
4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {H5542}
Mic 6:12
72%
12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Deut 32:33
72%
33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
Prov 1:16
72%
16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Prov 30:11
72%
11There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
Prov 10:31
72%
31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
Job 20:14
72%
14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
Prov 26:28
72%
28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Prov 10:11
72%
11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Ps 17:10
72%
10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
Ps 109:17-18
2 verses
72%
17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
Ps 140:9
72%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Prov 6:14
72%
14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
Col 3:8
72%
8but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
Ps 34:13
72%
13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Prov 2:14
72%
14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
Isa 59:3
72%
3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
Prov 8:7
72%
7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Jer 9:8
72%
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
Ps 31:18
72%
18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
Prov 15:4
72%
4A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Prov 4:24
71%
24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
Ps 12:3
71%
3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;