Ecclesiastes 7:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Don’t listen to everything people say. You might hear your own servant saying bad things about you.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:10

Never say bad things about a slave to his master. If you do, he will curse you, and you will suffer for it.

Isaiah 29:21

(They lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king answered, “What can I do, sons of Zeruiah? Yes, Shimei is cursing me, but the Lord told him to curse me. And who can ask him why he did that?”

2 Samuel 19:19

Shimei said to the king, “My lord, don’t think about the wrong things I did. My lord and king, don’t remember the bad things I did when you left Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

And you know that many times you too have said bad things about other people.

1 Samuel 10:27

But some troublemakers said, “How can this man save us?” They said bad things about Saul and refused to bring gifts to him. But Saul said nothing. King Nahash of the Ammonites had been hurting the tribes of Gad and Reuben. Nahash poked out the right eye of each of the men and did not allow anyone to help them. He poked out the right eye of every Israelite man living in the area east of the Jordan River. But 7000 Israelite men ran away from the Ammonites and came to Jabesh Gilead.