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Ecclesiastes 7:22
22Do not forget that you also have often cursed other people.
Ecclesiastes 7:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- New International Version (NIV)for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For many times, also, your own heart has known That even you have cursed others.
Context of Ecclesiastes 7:22
20There is nobody on the earth who is so righteous that they always do what is right. There is nobody who never does a wrong thing. 21Do not listen to all the things that people say about you. You might hear your servant when he is cursing you! Do not forget that you also have often cursed other people. 23I have used wisdom to study all these things. I tried very much to understand everything that happens. But I could not do it. 24People cannot understand these things. The meaning of life is too difficult for anyone to understand.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 7Ecclesiastes 7:22 word by word
כִּ֛י גַּם־פְּעָמִ֥ים רַבּ֖וֹת יָדַ֣ע לִבֶּ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גַּם־אַתָּ֖ה קִלַּ֥לְתָּ אֲחֵרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:22
- 1 Kings 2:44The king also said to Shimei, ‘I know that you remember how you insulted my father David. Now the Lord will punish you because of the evil things that you did.
- Matthew 15:19Evil thoughts come out from people's minds. As a result, they do wrong things. They murder people. They have sex with another man's wife. They have sex in other wrong ways. They rob people. They tell lies about other people. They insult people.
- Matthew 18:32When the king heard this, he told the first servant to come to him. “You are a very bad person,” the king said to the servant. “I forgave you the whole of your big debt to me. I did this because you asked me very strongly.
- John 8:7The Pharisees and the teachers of God's Law continued to ask Jesus questions. So he stood up and he said to them, ‘Any person among you who is not guilty of any sin may throw the first stone to kill her.’
- James 3:9We use our tongue to praise the Lord God who is our Father. But then we use it to curse other people. That is wrong, because God made those people to be like himself.
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Thou thyself - hast cursed others - קללת kalalta, thou hast spoken evil; hast vilified others. O, who is free from evil speaking, from uncharitable speaking; from detailing their neighbor's faults, from whispering, talebearing, and backbiting? Do not wonder if God, in his justice, permit thee to be calumniated, seeing thou hast so frequently calumniated others. See my discourse on Psalm 15:1-5; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea better. It shelters from the storms and scorching heat of trouble. Wealth will not lengthen out the natural life; but true wisdom will give spiritual life, and strengthen men for services under their sufferings. Let us look upon the disposal of our condition as the work of God, and at last all will appear to have been for the best. In acts of righteousness, be not carried into heats or passions, no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22It is good to forgive and be kind when others make mistakes or say something wrong.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. (1Ki 2:44).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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