22 For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Ecclesiastes 7:22
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Sirach 21:26–28
26 The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart. (WEB) 27 When the ungodly curses an adversary, he curses his own soul. (WEB) 28 A whisperer defiles his own soul, and will be hated wherever he travels. (WEB)
Sirach 4:5–7
5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you. (WEB) 6 For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication. (WEB) 7 Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man. (WEB)
2 Enoch 52:1–3
1 BLESSED is the man who opens his lips in praise of God of Sabaoth and praises the Lord with his heart. (2EN) 2 Cursed every man who opens his lips for the bringing into contempt and calumny of his neighbour, because he brings God into contempt. (2EN) 3 Blessed is he who opens… (2EN)
2 Esdras 9:9–11
9 Then those who now have abused my ways will be amazed. Those who have cast them away despitefully will live in torments. (WEB) 10 For as many as in their life have received benefits, and yet have not known me, (WEB) 11 and as many as have scorned my law, while they still had lib… (WEB)
Job 31:29–31
29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him— 30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse— 31 if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
Lamentations 3:64–66
64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! 66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
Sirach 18:19–21
19 Learn before you speak. Take care of your health before you get sick. (WEB) 20 Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness. (WEB) 21 Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent. (WEB)
2 Samuel 16:11–13
11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so. 12 Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and…
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