James 3:10
Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
In Context
11Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter?
Cross References
Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.
Psalms 50:16But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth,
Micah 3:11The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.
1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man?
1 Peter 3:9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.
Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13
Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →