Job 31:30
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
BSB
ASV
(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
KJV
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. For he would sin, if he were to desire that to be done by God, which he himself either could not at all be able to do, or if he could it would not be in any wise right. For they who assail an enemy with curses, what other thing do they wish God to do in his case, but what they are either unable or ashamed to do themselves?
He never wished a curse to his soul (curses to the soul are the worst of curses), never desired his death; he knew that, if he did, it would turn into sin to him. He was careful not to offend with his tongue ( Ps. xxxix. 1 ), would not suffer his mouth to sin, and therefore durst not imprecate any evil, no, not to his worst enemy.
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The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
leads to
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
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Romans 12:14Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
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Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.