Ecclesiastes 7:21

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 30:10 : 10 Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 soch as laboure to drawe me vnto synne: and yt disceaue him, which reproueth them in the gate, & soch as turne good personnes to vanite.
  • 1 Cor 13:5-7 : 5 seketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell, 6 reioyseth not ouer iniquyte, but reioyseth in the trueth, 7 beareth all thinges, beleueth all thinges, hopeth all thinges, suffreth all thinges.
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 The kynge saide: Ye children of Zeru Ia, what haue I to do wt you? Let him curse on, for the LORDE hath commaunded him: Curse Dauid. Who can saye now: Why doest thou so?
  • 2 Sam 19:19 : 19 and sayde vnto the kynge: O my lorde, laye not the trespace vnto my charge, & thynke not vpon it that thy seruaunt vexed the, in the daye whan my lorde the kynge wente out of Ierusalem: and let not ye kynge take it to hert,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 22 for thine owne hert knoweth, that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spoke euell by other men.

  • 10 Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte.

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    19 A seruaut wil not be the better for wordes, for though he vnderstonde, yet wil he not regarde them.

    20 Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

    21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe, shal make him his master at length.

  • Eccl 5:6-7
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    6 Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

    7 And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.

  • 20 Wysh the kynge no euell in yi thought, and speake no hurte of ye ryche in thy preuy chambre: for a byrde of the ayre shal betraye thy voyce, and wt hir fethers shal she bewraye thy wordes.

  • 9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

    2 Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • 28 Thou shalt not speake euell of the Goddes, and the ruler of thy people shall thou not blaspheme.

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    11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

    12 If a prynce delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

  • 6 Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.

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    18 Lest ye LORDE (when he seyth it) be angrie, & turne his wrath from him vnto the.

    19 Let not yi wrath & gelousy moue ye, to foolow ye wicked and vngodly.

  • 19 Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • 2 Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    16 Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

    17 be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

  • 20 for there is not one iust vpo earth, yt doth good, & sinneth not.

  • 2 Kepe the kynges commaundemet (I warne the) & the ooth yt thou hast made vnto God.

  • 18 For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.

  • 4 A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.

  • 15 But yf thou wylt not herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God, to kepe and to do all his commaundementes and ordinaunces, which I commaunde ye this daie, then shall all these curses come vpon the, and ouertake the.

  • 21 But bewarre that thou turne not asyde to wickednesse and synne, which hyther to thou hast chosen more then mekenesse.

  • 24 Who so kepeth company wt a thefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemies, & telleth it not forth.

  • 13 All that I haue sayde vnto you, that kepe. And as for the names of other goddes, ye shall not remembre them, and out of youre mouthes shal they not be herde.

  • 23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • 10 Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • 13 yt thy mynde is so puft vp agaynst God & lettest soch wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • 24 Heare me now therfore (o my sonne) and marcke the wordes of my mouth.

  • 25 lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.

  • 8 Leaue of from wrath, let go displeasure, let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell.

  • 7 Heare me therfore (o my sonne) and departe not fro the wordes of my mouth.

  • 7 An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • 30 I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a sinne, as to wysh him euell.

  • 21 To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred.

  • 9 That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell.

  • 21 He shall kepe the from the perlous tonge so that when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare.

  • 6 Put not forth yi self in ye presence of ye kynge, & prease not in to ye place of greate men.

  • 20 My sonne, marcke my wordes, and enclyne thine eare vnto my saynges.

  • 9 Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

  • 21 soch as laboure to drawe me vnto synne: and yt disceaue him, which reproueth them in the gate, & soch as turne good personnes to vanite.

  • 27 My sonne, heare nomore the doctrine yt leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstondinge.

  • 17 My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:

  • 1 Frett not thy self at the vngodly, be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers.

  • 36 But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet.

  • 5 It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.