Ecclesiastes 7:21
Do not listen to every word that is spoken, 2 because you might hear your servant curse you. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
In Context
20There is not a righteous man on earth 2 who does good and never sins. 1
22Similarly, you know yourself that in your own heart 2 you have often cursed others.
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” These people despised Saul and did not bring him any gifts. But Saul kept silent. + 10:27 Some modern versions add to this verse the following paragraph: Nahash king of the Ammonites had severely oppressed the Gadites and Reubenites. He dug out the right eye of each man and did not allow anyone to rescue Israel. Across the Jordan River was left no Israelites whose right eye Nahash king of the Ammonites had not dug out. But seven thousand men had escaped from the Ammonites and had gone into Jabesh Gilead .
2 Samuel 19:19Shimei said to the king, “Do not, my master, find me guilty or call to mind the wrong your servant did the day my master the king left Jerusalem. Please, may the king not take it to heart.
Isaiah 29:21who by a word make a man out to be an offender. They lay a snare for him 1 who seeks justice at the gate and put the righteous down with empty lies. 1
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 →