James 3:10

10 Blessing and cursing come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it just shouldn't be this way!

James 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing
Which is not only a contradiction, but unnatural, as well as wicked and sinful:

my brethren, these things ought not so to be:
in any, and much less in professors of religion: such things are unbecoming men, are a scandal upon human nature, and exceeding unworthy of the Christian name; see ( Psalms 50:16 Psalms 50:19 Psalms 50:20 ) .

James 3:10 In-Context

8 No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With it we both bless the Lord and Father and curse human beings made in God's likeness.
10 Blessing and cursing come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it just shouldn't be this way!
11 Both fresh water and salt water don't come from the same spring, do they?
12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree produce olives? Can a grapevine produce figs? Of course not, and fresh water doesn't flow from a saltwater spring either.
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