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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing,.... Which is not only a contradiction, but unnatural, as well as…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing - The meaning here may be, either that out of the mouth of man two…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Out of the same mouth - This saying is something like that, Pro 18:21 : Death and life are in the power of the tongue;…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714James 3:1-12
The foregoing chapter shows how unprofitable and dead faith is without works. It is plainly intimated by what this…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
these things ought not so to be The verb, strictly. speaking, denotes not so much a state, as the coming into a state:…
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