Ecclesiastes 7:22
For oftentimes also yours own heart knows that you yourself likewise have cursed others.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
In Context
21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest you hear your servant curse you:
23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which yours heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness upon yours own head;
Matthew 18:32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me:
James 3:9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the embodiment of God.
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 →