Ecclesiastes 7:22

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“For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.”

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Read Ecclesiastes 7:22 in the flow of Ecclesiastes7 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Ecclesiastes7 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 7:22 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 2:44The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
  2. Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
  3. Matthew 18:32Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
  4. John 8:7When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
  5. James 3:9With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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