Job 31:30

Job's Final Defense Continued

²⁹ If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him; ³⁰ also I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse; ³¹ if the men of my camp did not say, Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat?

Job

No

Sin

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse.

Exodus 23:4-5

If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to say a word before God. For God is in Heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; do not say before the angel that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be liable to the judgment. And whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the sanhedrin; but whoever shall say, Fool! shall be liable to be thrown into the fire of hell.

Matthew 5:43-44

You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."

Matthew 12:36

But I say to you that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.

James 3:9-10

By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.

1 Peter 2:22-23

He who did no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth,

1 Peter 3:9

Never give back evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, giving blessing, knowing that you are called to this so that you might inherit blessing.