Ecclesiastes 7:21
גַּם לְכָל ־ הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּרוּ אַל ־ תִּתֵּן לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ תִשְׁמַע אֶֽת ־ עַבְדְּךָ מְקַלְלֶֽךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
In Context
20כִּי אָדָם אֵין צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה ־ טּוֹב וְלֹא יֶחֱטָֽא ׃
22כִּי גַּם ־ פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת יָדַע לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר גַּם ־ את קִלַּלְתָּ אֲחֵרִֽים ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:27וּבְנֵי בְלִיַּעַל אָמְרוּ מַה ־ יֹּשִׁעֵנוּ זֶה וַיִּבְזֻהוּ וְלֹֽא ־ הֵבִיאוּ לוֹ מִנְחָה וַיְהִי כְּמַחֲרִֽישׁ ׃ פ
2 Samuel 19:19וְעָבְרָה הָעֲבָרָה לַֽעֲבִיר אֶת ־ בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת הַטּוֹב בעינו וְשִׁמְעִי בֶן ־ גֵּרָא נָפַל לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּעָבְרוֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּֽן ׃
Isaiah 29:21מַחֲטִיאֵי אָדָם בְּדָבָר וְלַמּוֹכִיחַ בַּשַּׁעַר יְקֹשׁוּן וַיַּטּוּ בַתֹּהוּ צַדִּֽיק ׃ ס
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 →