James 3:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 62:4

For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips shall praise.

Psalm 59:12

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies?

Genesis 9:6

Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Acts 2:26

For this my heart hath been glad, and any tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.

2 Samuel 19:21

But Abisai the son of Sarvia answering said: Shall Semei for these words not be put to death, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.

1 Corinthians 11:7

The man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

Romans 3:14

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Ecclesiastes 7:22

But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.

Psalm 108:1

Unto the end, a psalm for David.

Psalm 63:4

For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

Psalm 57:8

They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

Psalm 34:1

For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me.

Psalm 30:12

I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.

Psalm 16:9

From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:

1 Chronicles 29:20

And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers. And they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.

1 Chronicles 29:10

And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude; and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

2 Samuel 16:5

And king David came as far as Bahurim: and behold, there came out from thence a man of the kindred of the house of Saul named Semei, the son of Gera. And coming out he cursed as he went on.

Judges 9:27

Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes. And singing and dancing they went into the temple of their god, and in their banquets and cups they cursed Abimelech.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:

Psalm 145:1

Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

James 1:27

Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.