Ecclesiastes 7:21

God's Word

Don’t take everything that people say to heart, or you may hear your own servant cursing you.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king said, “You don’t think like me at all, sons of Zeruiah. Let him curse. If the Lord has told him, ‘Curse David,’ should anyone ask, ‘Why do you do that?’ ”

2 Samuel 19:19

He pleaded with the king, “Don’t remember the crime I committed the day you left Jerusalem. Don’t hold it against me or even think about it, Your Majesty.

Proverbs 30:10

“Do not slander a slave to his master. The slave will curse you, and you will be found guilty.”

Ecclesiastes 7:22

Your conscience knows that you have cursed others many times.

Isaiah 29:21

those who make people sin with words, those who lay traps for judges, those who, without any reason, deny justice to people who are in the right.

1 Samuel 10:27

However, some good-for-nothing people asked, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and wouldn’t bring him presents, but he didn’t respond.