“Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
— WEB
James 3:10
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“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
— KJV
“out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
— ASV
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Commentary
The tongue, says ÆSOP, is at once the best and the worst of things. So in a fable, a man with the same breath blows hot and cold. "Life and death are in the power of the tongue" (compare Psa 62:4). brethren--an appeal to their consciences by their brotherhood in Christ. ought not so to be--a mild appeal, leaving it to themselves to understand that such conduct deserves the most severe reprobation.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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