James 3:10
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
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James 3:10 Context
8But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euill, ful of deadly poyson. 9Therewith blesse wee God, euen the Father: and therewith curse wee men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11Doeth a fountaine send foorth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12Can þe figtree, my brethren, beare oliue berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountaine both yeeld salt water & fresh.
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Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
- King James Version
from the same mouth come {both} blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
- New American Standard Version (1995)