Job 31:30

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
  • 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.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue 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.
  • Jas 3:9-9 : 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
  • Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
  • Matt 5:43-44 : 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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  • Job 27:4-6
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    4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

    5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

    6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

  • 14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

  • 1 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A alm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

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  • 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

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    4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

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    12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

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

  • 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

  • 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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  • Job 23:11-12
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    11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

    12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  • 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

  • 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

  • 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

  • 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

  • 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

  • 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

  • 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their li let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

  • 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  • 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

  • 1 A alm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own li cover them.

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

  • 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

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

  • 22 In all this sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

  • 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

  • 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

  • 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

  • 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

  • 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.