“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
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“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
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Whose mouthes are full of coursynge and bitternes.
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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.
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Passages linked to Romans 3:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
- Psalms 109:17-18 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
- Psalms 59:12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
- James 3:10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 14. Then he says, that their mouth is full…
14. Then he says, that their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness — a vice of an opposite character to the former; but the meaning is, that they are in every way full of wickedness; for if they speak fair, they deceive and blend poison with their flatteries; but if they draw forth what they have in their hearts, bitterness and cursing stream out.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Ver. 14. Full] Γεμει, As a ship that hath its full freight and lading.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This last and very plain expression of the corruption…
This last and very plain expression of the corruption of the tongue, is taken out of Psa 10:7; See Poole on "Psa 10:7".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Destruction and misery are in their ways. This passage…
Destruction and misery are in their ways. This passage also is to be found in Isa 59:7, and may be understood either actively thus: all the ways they take, and methods they pursue, are to make their fellow creatures miserable, to ruin and destroy them; or passively, that by their sinful ways and vicious course of life, they themselves are brought to destruction and misery: the way they are walking in is, "the broad way, that leadeth to destruction", Mat 7:13; the end of it, what it issues in, is eternal death, the destruction of the body and soul in hell, which will be attended with endless and inexpressible misery.
; the end of it, what it issues in, is eternal death, the destruction of the body and soul in hell, which will be attended with endless and inexpressible misery.
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Romans 3:17
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rom 3:17And the way of peace have they not known. This is a citation front Isa 59:8, and expresses the ignorance of mankind, with regard to true peace, and the way unto it: men are naturally ignorant of the way of peace with God; of the first step which God took towards it; of the council and covenant of peace, in which the scheme of it was drawn, and the method fixed; of Christ the peacemaker, and of the way in which he has made it; and of the Gospel, which reveals and publishes it. They are ignorant of the true way of enjoying peace of conscience; they have no true peace of mind, their consciences are often tortured; and though they may have a stupid and secure peace, yet nothing that is true, real, and solid; for they are without the Spirit, whose fruit is peace; and without faith in Christ, by which true peace only is enjoyed; nor are they spiritually minded, which is life and peace; nor have they any knowledge of the way to have it; they are ready to think it must be had by doing something of their own, and not that it is to be had only in Christ, in his blood and righteousness. They are ignorant of the paths of wisdom, which are peace; peace is enjoyed in them, they lead unto it, and issue in it: they know not the way to eternal peace; they imagine something done by the creature is the way; and are ignorant that Christ is the only way of salvation, the true way to eternal life, everlasting peace and happiness: yea, they know not the way of peace among men, and one another; nor will they do that which is just and right, in order to support and maintain it, but are unjust, deceitful, and quarrelsome; they do not study peace, but rather contention, which they like and approve of. The Jews talk (x) much of their good nature, affability, and condescension, and of their doing this and that, and the other thing, , "because of the ways of peace".
(x) Misn. Gittin, c. 5. sect. 8, 9. T. Hieros. Demai, fol. 24. 1. Maimon. Obede Cochabim, c. 10. sect. 5.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Cursing - Against God. Bitterness - Against their neighbour.…
Cursing - Against God. Bitterness - Against their neighbour. Psalm x, 7.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing, &c.]…
Verse 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing, &c.] They never speak but in profane oaths, blasphemies, and malice.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Whose mouth - Psa 10:7. The apostle has not…
Whose mouth - Psa 10:7. The apostle has not quoted this literally, but has given the sense. David in the psalm is describing his bitter enemies.
Cursing - Reproachful and opprobrious language, such as Shimei used in relation to David; 2Sa 16:5, 2Sa 16:7-8.
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Bitterness - In the psalm, deceits. The word “bitterness” is used to denote severity, harshness, cruelty; reproachful and malicious words.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Whose mouth, &c.-- (Psa 10:7): that is, "That mouth…
Whose mouth, &c.-- (Psa 10:7): that is, "That mouth which should be 'most sweet' (Sol 5:16), being 'set on fire of hell' (Jam 3:6), is filled with burning wrath against those whom it should only bless."
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) Bitterness.—Malignity; from the notion that venom was contained…
(14) Bitterness.—Malignity; from the notion that venom was contained in the gall. (Comp. Act_8:23.)
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 14. “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”…
14. “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” The darkness continues to intensify as we proceed away from God.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness […
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness [ Psa_10:7 ]:
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.