James 3:9

Restraining The Tongue

⁸ but no man can tame the tongue, which is an evil that cannot be restrained and is 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 Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

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 indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

Genesis 1:26-27

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the beasts and over all the earth and over every serpent that moves upon the earth.

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the descendants of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds man's blood in man, his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God is man made.

Judges 9:27

And they went out into the fields and gathered their vineyards and trod the grapes and made merry and went into the house of their gods and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

2 Samuel 16:5

And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came forth, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came forth cursing

2 Samuel 19:21

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this because he cursed the LORD's anointed?

1 Chronicles 29:10

and blessed the LORD before all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers and bowed down and worshipped before the LORD and the king.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalm 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest secure.

Psalm 30:12

to the end that I may sing glory unto thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Psalm 34:1

Aleph I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 35:28

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Psalm 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Psalm 57:8

Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will arise early.

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; they shall be subject to weakness and to a curse.

Psalm 62:4

They only consult to cast him down from his greatness; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their inward parts. Selah.

Psalm 63:4

Thus will I bless thee in my life; in thy name shall I lift up my hands.

Psalm 71:24

In the same manner my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness every day, for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalm 108:1

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise; this is my glory.

Psalm 109:17-18

As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him.

Psalm 145:1

Aleph I will extol thee, my God, my king, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Psalm 145:21

Tau My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For thine own heart knows that thou thyself likewise hast spoken evil of others many times.

Isaiah 29:13

Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people sacrifice unto me and honour me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their worship with which they honour me was taught by the commandment of men:

Matthew 5:44

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about you, and persecute you;

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately a cock crew.

Acts 2:26

therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover even my flesh shall rest 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 all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ;

1 Peter 1:3

Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,