James 3:10

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
  • 2 Sam 13:12 : 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
  • Ps 50:16-20 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

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    8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

    9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

  • Jas 3:11-14
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    11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

    12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

    13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

    14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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

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    18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

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    33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

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    9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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    13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

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    11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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    10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

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    1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

    2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

    3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

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    31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

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    12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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    11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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    19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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    4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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    4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellsing of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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    30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

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    16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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    19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

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    7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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    16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: