Ecclesiastes 7:22
Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
In Context
21Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
23All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:44And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.
Matthew 18:32Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:
James 3:9With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
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 →