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Taming the Tongue

James 3:10

In 9 translations

BSB
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
KJV
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
WEB
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
ASV
out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
LSV
out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing; it does not need, my brothers, these things to so happen;
YLT
out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;
DBY
Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.
DRC
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
GNV
Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ στόματος ἐξέρχεται εὐλογία καὶ κατάρα. οὐ χρή, ἀδελφοί μου, ταῦτα οὕτως γίνεσθαι.
RP2018
ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ στόματος ἐξέρχεται εὐλογία καὶ κατάρα. Οὐ χρή, ἀδελφοί μου, ταῦτα οὕτως γίνεσθαι.
TR-Boyd
ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ στόματος ἐξέρχεται εὐλογία καὶ κατάρα. Οὐ χρή, ἀδελφοί μου, ταῦτα οὕτω γίνεσθαι.
SCR1894
εκ του αυτου στοματος εξερχεται ευλογια και καταρα ου χρη αδελφοι μου ταυτα ουτως γινεσθαι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 12:14Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
  • 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
  • Psalms 50:16–20To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. When you see a thief, you befriend him, and…
  • 1 Timothy 5:13At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
  • Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  • Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
  • Jeremiah 7:4–10Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, if you…
  • 2 Samuel 13:12“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

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