Ecclesiastes 7:22
For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
In Context
21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
23All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:44The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
Matthew 18:32Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
James 3:9With the tongue we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
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 →