James 3:10

and from the same mouth go forth curses and blessings. My brethren, it is not fit that these should so be done.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

9For by it we bless the Lord and the Father, and by it we curse men who in the likeness of Aloha were made;

11Can it be that one fountain shall send forth waters sweet and bitter?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:3For as yet you are in the flesh. For while there are among you envy and contentions and divisions, are you not carnal, and walking in the flesh?

1 Peter 3:9and let no man render evil for evil, nor invective for invective, but, that which is contrary to them, bless: for unto this are you called, that the blessing you may inherit.

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 →

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