Ecclesiastes 7:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant curse you.

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  • Prov 30:10 : 10 Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.
  • 1 Cor 13:5-7 : 5 Does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs; 6 Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, Curse David. Who then shall say, Why have you done so?
  • 2 Sam 19:19 : 19 And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither remember what your servant did perversely the day my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

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    82%

    22 For often your own heart knows that you yourself have cursed others.

  • Prov 30:10
    79%

    10 Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

  • Prov 29:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19 A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understands, he will not respond.

    20 Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

    21 He who delicately brings up his servant from childhood shall have him as a son in the end.

  • Eccl 5:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the angel that it was an error; why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

    7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also various vanities; but fear God.

  • Eccl 10:20
    72%

    20 Curse not the king, no not in your thought; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.

  • Prov 23:9
    72%

    9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    72%

    1 Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

    2 Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

  • Exod 22:28
    72%

    28 You shall not revile the gods nor curse the ruler of your people.

  • Prov 29:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

    12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

  • Prov 30:6
    72%

    6 Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19 Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Prov 10:19
    72%

    19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Prov 27:2
    71%

    2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?

    17 Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

  • Eccl 7:20
    71%

    20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

  • Eccl 8:2
    71%

    2 I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard to the oath of God.

  • Job 36:18
    71%

    18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

  • Prov 17:4
    71%

    4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Deut 28:15
    71%

    15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

  • Job 36:21
    70%

    21 Take heed, do not regard iniquity: for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

  • Prov 29:24
    70%

    24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own soul; he hears cursing, and does not reveal it.

  • Exod 23:13
    70%

    13 And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Job 15:13
    70%

    13 That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Prov 7:24
    70%

    24 Therefore listen to me now, O children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:25
    70%

    25 Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.

  • Ps 37:8
    70%

    8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Prov 5:7
    70%

    7 Hear me now therefore, O children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 17:7
    70%

    7 Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a prince.

  • Job 31:30
    70%

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

  • Prov 28:21
    70%

    21 To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9 Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel:

  • Job 5:21
    70%

    21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: nor shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

  • Prov 25:6
    70%

    6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

  • Prov 4:20
    69%

    20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Eccl 7:9
    69%

    9 Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21 That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Prov 19:27
    69%

    27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 22:17
    69%

    17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Ps 37:1
    69%

    1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.

  • Matt 12:36
    69%

    36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment.

  • Eccl 7:5
    69%

    5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.