James 3:10

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these [things] ought not to be so!

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 but no human being is able to tame the tongue. [It is] a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these [things] ought not to be so!

11 A spring does not pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter [water, does it]?

12 A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water.