Ecclesiastes 7:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 ‹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:›
  • Matt 18:32-35 : 32 ‹Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:› 33 ‹Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?› 34 ‹And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.› 35 ‹So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.›
  • John 8:7-9 : 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, ‹He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.› 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
  • Jas 3:9 : 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

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