"Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: {take...: Heb. give not thine h…" — Ecclesiastes 7:21

Ecclesiastes 7:21 · KJV

“Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: {take...: Heb. give not thine heart}”

— Ecclesiastes 7:21

Verse 20

For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Verse 22

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 7 — Context

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty {men} which are in the city.

For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: {take...: Heb. give not thine heart}

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it {was} far from me.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:10

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. {Accuse...: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue}

Isaiah 29:21

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

2 Samuel 16:10

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

2 Samuel 19:19

And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

1 Corinthians 13:5-7

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;