Ecclesiastes 7:21
Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Webster 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
20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
22For often also thy own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
2 Samuel 19:19And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
Isaiah 29:21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught.
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 →