James 3:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”
  • 2 Sam 13:12 : 12 But she said to him,“No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!
  • Ps 50:16-20 : 16 God says this to the evildoer:“How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant? 17 For you hate instruction and reject my words. 18 When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. 19 You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive. 20 You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says,“We are safe! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here!” 5 You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. 6 Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. 7 If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession. 8 “‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you. 9 You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known. 10 Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own and say,“We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 3:8-9
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    8But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

    9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.

  • Jas 3:11-14
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    84%

    11A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

    12Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

    13True Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

    14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

  • Rom 3:14
    77%

    14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

  • Matt 15:18-19
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    18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

    19For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

  • Matt 12:33-35
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    33Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

    34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

    35The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

  • 1 Pet 3:9-10
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    9Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

    10For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

  • Luke 6:45
    73%

    45The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

  • Job 15:13
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    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • Matt 15:11
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    11What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

  • Prov 30:10-11
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    10Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Lam 3:38
    72%

    38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes– both calamity and blessing?

  • Jas 3:1-3
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    1The Power of the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

    2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

    3And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Jas 5:12
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    12And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your“Yes” be yes and your“No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

  • Eph 4:29
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    29You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it would give grace to those who hear.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Jas 3:5-6
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    71%

    5So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

    6And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.

  • Jas 1:19-20
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    19Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

    20For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

  • Col 3:8
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    8But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Rom 12:14
    71%

    14Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.

  • Matt 7:17-18
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    70%

    17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

    18A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Job 31:30
    70%

    30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–

  • Jas 1:16
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    16Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 8:7
    69%

    7For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

  • Ps 109:17
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    17He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

  • Titus 2:8
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    8and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”

  • Eph 4:31
    69%

    31You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk– indeed all malice.

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.