James 3:10
Out of the same mouth goeth forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be thus.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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
11Doth a fountain from the same aperture spout forth sweet water and bitter?
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are still carnal: for since there are among you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as other men?
1 Peter 3:9not returning evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, contrariwise, wishing men every blessing; knowing that hereunto ye have been called, that ye should inherit the divine benediction.
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 →