Ecclesiastes 7:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

(7:23) Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 30:10 : 10 Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.
  • 1 Cor 13:5-7 : 5 It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill: 6 It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth: 7 It suffreth all things: it beleeueth all things: it hopeth all things: it endureth all things.
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 But the King saide, What haue I to doe with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah? for he curseth, eue because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid: who dare then say, Wherfore hast thou done so?
  • 2 Sam 19:19 : 19 And saide vnto the King, Let not my lorde impute wickednesse vnto me, nor remember ye thing that thy seruant did wickedly when my lorde the King departed out of Ierusalem, that the King should take it to his heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    22(7:24) For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

  • Prov 29:19-21
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    19A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.

    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

    21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • Eccl 5:6-7
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    73%

    6(5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?

    7(5:6) For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.

  • Eccl 10:20
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    20Curse not the King, no not in thy thought, neither curse the rich in thy bed chamber: for the foule of the heauen shall carie the voice, & that which hath wings, shall declare the matter.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    1(4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.

    2(5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Exod 22:28
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    28Thou shalt not raile vpon the Iudges, neither speake euil of the ruler of thy people.

  • Prov 29:11-12
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    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

    12Of a prince that hearkeneth to lyes, all his seruants are wicked.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

    19Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    16(7:18) Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?

    17(7:19) Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20(7:22) Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

  • Eccl 8:2
    71%

    2I aduertise thee to take heede to ye mouth of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God.

  • Job 36:18
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    18For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Deut 28:15
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    15But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe & to do all his commandementes and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then al these curses shal come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.

  • Job 36:21
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    21Take thou heede: looke not to iniquitie: for thou hast chosen it rather then affliction.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24He that is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth cursing, & declareth it not.

  • Exod 23:13
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    13And ye shall take heede to all things that I haue sayde vnto you: and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shal it be heard out of thy mouth.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?

  • Prov 7:24
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    24Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:25
    70%

    25Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.

  • Ps 37:8
    70%

    8Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

  • Prov 5:7
    70%

    7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

  • Job 31:30
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    30Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

  • Prov 5:9
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    9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

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    21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

  • Prov 4:20
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    20My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9(7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.

  • Prov 19:27
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    27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Prov 22:17
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    17Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1A Psalme of Dauid. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.

  • Matt 12:36
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    36But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.