Ecclesiastes 10:20

World English Bible (2000)

Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:28 : 28 "You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
  • Acts 23:5 : 5 Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"
  • 2 Kgs 6:12 : 12 One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."
  • Eccl 7:21-22 : 21 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you; 22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
  • Isa 8:21 : 21 They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,
  • Luke 10:40 : 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
  • Luke 12:2-3 : 2 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
  • Luke 19:40 : 40 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

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    2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

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    10 Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

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    14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

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    6 Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

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    16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

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    2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.

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    4 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

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    2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

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    10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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