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Ecclesiastes 7:21
Ecclesiastes 7:21 is verse 21 of Ecclesiastes chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
King James Version
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
World English Bible
Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
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Ecclesiastes 7:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
21 Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
22 For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 19:19and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
2 Samuel 16:10But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
Isaiah 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
1 Corinthians 13:5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
1 Corinthians 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.