Ecclesiastes 7:22
For many times also thine own heart knows that thou thyself likewise have cursed others.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
In Context
21Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
23All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou know all the iniquity which thy heart is privy to, what thou did to David my father. Therefore LORD shall return thy iniquity upon thine own head.
Matthew 18:32Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me.
James 3:9By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →