James 3:10

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.

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  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For ye are carnal. Seing then, there is among you enuying, & stryfe, and sectes, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, & sayde vnto hym: What hast thou done vnto vs? & what haue I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me & on my kingdome so great a sinne? thou hast done deedes vnto me that ought not to be done.
  • 2 Sam 13:12 : 12 And she aunswered him: Nay my brother, do not force me, for there hath no such thing ben done in Israel: Do not thou this folly.
  • Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly: why doest thou preache my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth? 17 Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee. 18 When thou sawest a thiefe, thou dydst consent vnto hym: and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt. 20 Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Trust not in false lying words, saying: Here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lorde: 5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels, and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour, 6 Oppresse not the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the widowe, shed not innocent blood in this place, cleaue not to straunge gods to your owne destruction: 7 Then wyll I let you dwell in this place, yea in the land that I gaue afore tyme to your fathers for euer. 8 But take heede, ye trust in lying tales, that beguile you and do you no good. 9 For when ye haue stollen, murthered, committed adultrie and periurie, when ye haue offered vnto Baal, folowing straunge and vnknowen gods: shall ye be vnpunished? 10 Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house (whiche hath my name geuen vnto it) and say, tushe, we are absolued quite, though we haue done all these abhominations.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 (The heades therof iudge for rewards, and the priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.)
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Blesse them which persecute you, blesse, and curse not.

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  • Jas 3:8-9
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    8But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.

    9Therwith blesse we God the father: and therwith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

  • Jas 3:11-14
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    11Doth a fountayne sende foorth at one place, sweete water, and bitter also?

    12Can the fygge tree, my brethren, beare oliue beries? either a vine beare figges? So can no fountayne geue both salt water and freshe also.

    13Who is a wise man, and endued with knoweledge among you? let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome.

    14But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.

  • Matt 15:18-19
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    18But those thynges which proceade out of the mouth, come foorth from the heart, and they defyle the man.

    19For out of the heart, proceade euyll thoughtes, murders, adulteries, whordomes, theftes, false witnesse, blasphemyes.

  • Matt 12:33-35
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    33Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euyll, and his fruite euyll. For the tree, is knowen by his fruite.

    34O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

    35A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges.

  • 1 Pet 3:9-10
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    9Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng.

    10For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth foorth that which is good: And an euyll man, out of the euyll treasure of his heart, bryngeth foorth that which is euyll. For of the aboundaunce of the heart, his mouth speaketh.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • Matt 15:11
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    11That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man.

  • Prov 30:10-11
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    10Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his maister, lest he speake euyll of thee, and thou be hurt.

    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.

  • Lam 3:38
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    38Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good?

  • Jas 3:1-3
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    1My brethren, be not manie maisters, knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation:

    2For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.

    3Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them:

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Jas 5:12
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    12But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation.

  • Eph 4:29
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    29Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Jas 3:5-6
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    5Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.

    6And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.

  • Jas 1:19-20
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    19Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.

    20For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

  • Col 3:8
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    8But nowe put ye of also all, wrath, fiercenesse, maliciousnesse, blasphemie, filthie comunication out of your mouth.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.

  • Rom 12:14
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    14Blesse them which persecute you, blesse, and curse not.

  • Matt 7:17-18
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    17Euen so, euery good tree, bryngeth foorth good fruite: But a corrupt tree, bryngeth foorth euyll fruite.

    18A good tree, can not bryng foorth bad fruite: neither can a bad tree, bryng foorth good fruite.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Backbite not one another brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that iudgeth his brother, backbiteth ye lawe, and iudgeth the lawe: But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe, but a iudge.

  • Job 31:30
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    30I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

  • Jas 1:16
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    16Do not erre my deare brethren.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

  • Ps 109:17
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    17His delight was in cursing, and it shal happen vnto him: he loued not blessing, therfore it hath ben farre from him.

  • Titus 2:8
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    8Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Grudge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be dampned: Beholde, the iudge standeth before the doore.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.

  • Eph 4:31
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    31Let all bytternesse, and fiercenesse, & wrath, and crying, and euyll speakyng, be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Let not your good be euyll spoken of.