Romans 3:14

14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

Romans 3:14 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 3:14

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
] These words are taken from ( Psalms 10:7 ) , by cursing is meant, cursing of God, which is sometimes internal with the heart, and sometimes external with the mouth, as here; and of all good men, though without cause, and to no purpose with respect to the persons they curse, since God has blessed them, and they are blessed, and greatly to their own detriment, for, in the issue, their curses will be turned against themselves. There is also a cursing of superiors, as parents, masters, magistrates, kings, and governors; which is a sore evil, and attended with bad consequences; likewise of themselves, and their fellow creatures: and "the mouth [being] full [of it]", denotes the frequency of the sin; scarce anything else comes out of it but cursing; which discovers the sad corruption of the heart; "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh", ( Matthew 12:34 ) ( Luke 6:45 ) . By "bitterness" is meant, either sin in general, which is "an evil and bitter [thing]", ( Jeremiah 2:19 ) , in its nature and effects; or sinful words, such as oaths, curses, imprecations, all wrathful and deceitful words.

Romans 3:14 In-Context

12 They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

15 Their feet are quick in running after blood;

16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways;