Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
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Bible References
Of
Romans 12:14
Invoke blessings on your persecutors--blessings, not curses.
1 Peter 3:9
not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.
These
1 Corinthians 3:3
you are still unspiritual. For so long as jealousy and strife continue among you, can it be denied that you are unspiritual and are living and acting like mere men of the world?
1 Timothy 5:13
And at the same time they also learn to be idle as they go round from house to house; and they are not only idle, but are gossips also and busybodies, speaking of things that ought not to be spoken of.
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Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
Romans 3:14
"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
Romans 12:14
Invoke blessings on your persecutors--blessings, not curses.