James 3:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

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  • 1 Cor 11:7 : 7 For a man ought not to couer his head: for as much as he is the image & glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
  • Matt 26:74 : 74 Then began hee to curse himselfe, and to sweare, saying, I knowe not the man; immediately the cocke crewe.
  • Gen 1:26-27 : 26 Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth. 27 Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.
  • Acts 2:26 : 26 Therefore did mine heart reioyce, and my tongue was glad, and moreouer also my flesh shall rest in hope,
  • Ps 145:21 : 21 My mouth shall speake the prayse of the Lorde, and all flesh shall blesse his holy Name for euer and euer.
  • Eccl 7:22 : 22 (7:24) For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 Therefore the Lord sayd, Because this people come neere vnto me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but haue remooued their heart farre from me, and their feare toward me was taught by the precept of men,
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies: blesse them that curse you: doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,
  • Rom 3:14 : 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessing in heauenly thinges in Christ,
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed bee God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which according to his aboundant mercie hath begotten vs againe vnto a liuely hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead,
  • Gen 5:1 : 1 This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him,
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.
  • Judg 9:27 : 27 Therefore they went out into the field, & gathered in their grapes and troade them, and made mery, & went into the house of their gods, and did eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech.
  • 2 Sam 16:5 : 5 And when king Dauid came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the familie of the house of Saul, named Shimei the sonne of Gera: and he came out, and cursed.
  • 2 Sam 19:21 : 21 But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah answered, and said, Shal not Shimei die for this, because he cursed the Lordes anoynted?
  • 1 Chr 29:10 : 10 Therefore Dauid blessed the Lord before all the Congregation, and Dauid sayde, Blessed be thou, O Lorde God, of Israel our father, for euer and euer.
  • 1 Chr 29:20 : 20 And Dauid said to all the Congregation, Now blesse the Lord your God; all the Congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed downe their heads, and worshipped the Lord and the King.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
  • Ps 16:9 : 9 Wherefore mine heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth: my flesh also doeth rest in hope.
  • Ps 30:12 : 12 Therefore shal my tongue praise thee and not cease: O Lorde my God, I will giue thankes vnto thee for euer.
  • Ps 34:1 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid, when he changed his behauiour before Abimelech, who droue him away, and he departed. I will alway giue thankes vnto the Lorde: his praise shalbe in my mouth continually.
  • Ps 35:28 : 28 And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day.
  • Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliuer me from blood, O God, which art the God of my saluation, and my tongue shall sing ioyfully of thy righteousnes.
  • Ps 57:8 : 8 Awake my tongue, awake viole & harpe: I wil awake early.
  • Ps 59:12 : 12 For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.
  • Ps 63:4 : 4 Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy name.
  • Ps 71:24 : 24 My tongue also shal talke of thy righteousnesse daily: for they are confounded and brought vnto shame, that seeke mine hurt.
  • Ps 108:1 : 1 A song or Psalme of Dauid. O God, mine heart is prepared, so is my tongue: I will sing and giue praise.
  • Ps 109:17-18 : 17 As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him. 18 As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
  • Ps 145:1 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid of prayse. O my God and King, I will extoll thee, and will blesse thy Name for euer and euer.

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  • Jas 3:10-11
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    10 Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

    11 Doeth a fountaine send forth at one place sweete water and bitter?

  • Rom 3:14
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    14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

  • Jas 3:5-8
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    5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, howe great a thing a litle fire kindleth.

    6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.

    7 For the whole nature of beasts, & of birds, and of creeping things, and things of the sea is tamed, and hath bene tamed of the nature of man.

    8 But the tongue can no man tame. It is an vnruly euill, full of deadly poyson.

  • Prov 30:10-11
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    10 Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

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

  • 1 Pet 3:9
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    9 Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

  • Deut 27:16
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    16 Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Jas 3:1-3
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    1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation.

    2 For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

    3 Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes, that they should obey vs, and we turne about all their bodie.

  • Lev 24:15
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    15 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.

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

  • Mal 3:9
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    9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye haue spoyled me, euen this whole nation.

  • Luke 6:28
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    28 Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3 Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessing in heauenly thinges in Christ,

  • Titus 3:3
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    3 For wee our selues also were in times past vnwise, disobedient, deceiued, seruing the lustes and diuers pleasures, liuing in maliciousnes and enuie, hatefull, and hating one another:

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

  • Matt 15:4
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    4 For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

  • Ps 109:17
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    17 As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.

  • Num 23:8
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    8 How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?

  • Prov 3:33
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    33 The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22 For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

  • Jas 1:19-20
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    19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

    20 For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.

  • Gen 1:26
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    26 Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.

  • Col 3:8
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    8 But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.

  • Mal 2:10
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    10 Haue we not all one father? hath not one God made vs? why doe we transgresse euery one against his brother, and breake the couenant of our fathers?

  • Rom 1:23
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    23 For they turned the glorie of the incorruptible God to the similitude of the image of a corruptible man, and of birdes, and foure footed beastes, and of creeping things.

  • Gen 12:3
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    3 I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9 If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

  • Lam 3:65
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    65 Giue them sorow of heart, euen thy curse to them.

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

  • Ps 59:12
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    12 For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9 What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,

  • Rom 3:5
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    5 Now if our vnrighteousnes comend the righteousnes of God, what shal we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? (I speake as a man.)

  • Jer 11:3
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    3 And say thou vnto them, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the wordes of this couenant,

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

  • Jas 2:7
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    7 Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?

  • Jas 1:13
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    13 Let no man say when hee is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not bee tempted with euill, neither tempteth he any man.

  • Job 3:1
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    1 Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

  • Jas 5:12
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    12 But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

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    9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Col 3:6
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    6 For the which things sake ye wrath of God commeth on the children of disobedience.

  • Heb 12:9
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    9 Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: should we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, that we might liue?

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