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James 3:9-12 KJV
James · chapter 3 · verses 9–12
9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we 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. 11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.James 3:9-12 · King James Version
James 3:9-12 in context
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we 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.
11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 12:14
- 1 Peter 3:9
- Psalms 50:16-20
- 1 Corinthians 3:3
- 1 Timothy 5:13
- Luke 6:43-44
- Matthew 12:33
- Matthew 7:16-20
Key words (Strong's)
- similitudehomoiōsisa making like, likeness after the likeness of GodG3669 →
- proceedethexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
- Therewithenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- Therewithautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- blessingeulogiapraise, laudation, panegyric of Christ or God, fine discourse, polished language, in a…G2129 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- fountainpēgēfountain, spring, a well fed by a springG4077 →
- cursingkataraan execration, imprecation, curseG2671 →
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The foregoing chapter shows how unprofitable and dead faith is without works. It is plainly intimated by what this chapter first goes upon that such a faith is, however, apt to make men conceited and magisterial in their tempers and their talk.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12