Cursing

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison, — read the full passage →

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand: — read the full passage →

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!' — read the full passage →

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God--then he hath borne his sin;

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

`Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

What--do I pierce? --God hath not pierced! And what--am I indignant? --Jehovah hath not been indignant!

`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

but according as He who did call you <FI>is<Fi> holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery--have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit. — read the full passage →

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue <FI>is<Fi> perverseness and iniquity,

`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

The sin of their mouth <FI>is<Fi> a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked <FI>is<Fi> before me.'

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

A generation <FI>is<Fi> , that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might--not right.

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.

With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving--this nation--all of it.

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility, — read the full passage →

and to put on the new man, which, according to God, was created in righteousness and kindness of the truth.

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →

`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

and that which is bearing thorns and briers <FI>is<Fi> disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end <FI>is<Fi> for burning;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus <FI>is<Fi> anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus <FI>is<Fi> Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform. — read the full passage →

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Then began he to anathematise, and to swear--`I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

A sepulchre opened <FI>is<Fi> their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. — read the full passage →

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor--because yours is the reign of God. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →