Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”
James 3:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 From the same mouth comes a blessing and a curse. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so. American Standard Version (1901) out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Common English Bible Blessing and cursing come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it just shouldn’t be this way! Catholic Public Domain Version From the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. |
Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”
She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do anything so vile!
Its rulers give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets give oracles for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, “Surely the Lord is with us! No harm shall come upon us.”
for you are still fleshly. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not fleshly and behaving according to human inclinations?
Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.
You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will face stricter judgment.
Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water?
With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, made in the likeness of God.
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.