James 3:10

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

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  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for yet ye are fleshly, for where `there is' among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 and at the same time also, they learn `to be' idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'
  • 2 Sam 13:12 : 12 And she saith to him, `Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly.
  • Ps 50:16-20 : 16 And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth? 17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee. 18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers `is' thy portion. 19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together, 20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah `are' they! 5 For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour, 6 Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves, 7 Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age. 8 Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit. 9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. 10 And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

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    8and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, `it is' an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

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  • Jas 3:11-14
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    12is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water `is able' to make.

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    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

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  • Matt 12:33-35
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    33`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

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    9not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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    13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

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    11not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

  • Prov 30:10-11
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    10Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

    11A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

  • Lam 3:38
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    38From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.

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    1Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

    2for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one `is' a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

    3lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

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    12And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

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    11A fountain of life `is' the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

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    14Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

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    17so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

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    30Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

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    16Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;

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    31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

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    16Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,