James 3:9

Restraining The Tongue

⁸ But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; ¹⁰ from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

Bless God

Bless the Lord

God the Father

Image of God

Likeness of God

Praise the Lord

O God

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

Genesis 1:26-27

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.

Judges 9:27

They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

2 Samuel 16:5

When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.

2 Samuel 19:21

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”

1 Chronicles 29:10

So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and did homage to the Lord and to the king.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

Psalm 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.

Psalm 30:12

That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Psalm 34:1

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 35:28

And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness
And Your praise all day long.

Psalm 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

Psalm 57:8

Awake, my glory!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.

Psalm 59:12

On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be caught in their pride,
And on account of curses and lies which they utter.

Psalm 62:4

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

Psalm 63:4

So I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.

Psalm 71:24

My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.

Psalm 108:1

A Song, a Psalm of David.
My heart is steadfast, O God;
I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

Psalm 109:17-18

He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

Psalm 145:1

A Psalm of Praise, of David.
I will extol You, my God, O King,
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.

Psalm 145:21

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others.

Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said,
“Because this people draw near with their words
And honor Me with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Acts 2:26

‘Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted;
Moreover my flesh also will live in hope;

Romans 3:14

“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,