Job 31:30

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I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—

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  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • Jas 3:9-9 : 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.
  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must certainly return it to him. 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you collapsing under its load, and you would refrain from helping, you must surely help with it.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 Dreams come from too much activity, and a fool’s voice is known by many words.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore, fear God.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you, everyone who is angry with their brother without cause will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to their brother, ‘Raka!’ will be answerable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
  • Matt 5:43-44 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak.

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  • Job 31:27-29
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    27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,

    28 then this too would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God above.

    29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • Job 27:4-6
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    4 my lips will not utter injustice, and my tongue will not speak deceit.

    5 Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity.

    6 I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

  • 14 But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

  • 31 if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been satisfied with Job’s meat?’

  • 1 For the director of music, for Jeduthun, a psalm of David.

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31 Suppose someone says to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore.'

    32 'Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'

  • 8 How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those the LORD has not denounced?

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    4 O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,

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    12 Look, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Know and understand that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not sinned against you, but you are hunting me down to take my life.

    13 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • 10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will be found guilty.

  • 17 He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him.

  • 39 if I have eaten its produce without payment and caused the death of its owners,

  • Ps 17:3-4
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    3 You have tested my heart; you have visited me at night. You have refined me and found no evil. I have resolved that my mouth will not transgress.

    4 Concerning what people do, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

  • Job 23:11-12
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    11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way and not turned aside.

    12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

  • 4 Do not let my heart incline to an evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with those who do iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies.

  • 6 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore, fear God.

  • 11 Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 16 I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You. I have not desired the day of disaster. You know what has come from my lips; it was before You.

  • 17 Yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer is pure.

  • 10 It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • 9 'I am pure, without sin; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.'

  • 15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

  • 16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • 12 Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

  • 12 Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.

  • 25 Do not let them say in their hearts, 'Aha, just what we wanted!' Do not let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'

  • 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • 30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • 1 A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

  • 9 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • 13 That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?

  • 19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

  • 29 Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • 10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

  • 22 In all of this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

  • 9 Do not sweep away my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty people,

  • 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • 20 Let this be the Lord's reward to my adversaries and to those who speak evil against me.

  • 7 If my steps have turned from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if any stain has clung to my hands,

  • 33 if I have concealed my sin as people do, hiding my guilt in my heart,

  • 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern disaster?

  • 11 Extend your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright in heart.