Job 31:30

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse—

Cross References

Job 5:3

I have seen fools taking root, but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.

Psalm 7:4

if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Never be rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be quick to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not let your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your words, and destroy the work of your hands?

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter;

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.