Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Parallel translations
- WEB “whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
- BSB “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
- NKJV “Whosemouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
- NASB “Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
- NLT “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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Quick answer
Human mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. This continues Paul's portrait of sin's grip on our speech.
Overview
Citing Psalm 10:7, Paul adds cursing and bitterness to his catalogue of the sins of the tongue. The point is that fallen speech reveals a heart at enmity with God and neighbor. Set against this, the gospel offers cleansing and a renewed heart from which gracious words can flow.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Ps 109:17–18As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
- Ps 59:12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
- Jas 3:10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
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