Romans 3:14 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 3:14

“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

BSB

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ASV

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

KJV

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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Commentary

5 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. These words are taken from Psa 10:7, by cursing is meant, cursing of God, which is sometimes internal with the heart, and sometimes external with the mouth, as here; and of all good men, though without cause, and to no purpose with respect to the persons they curse, since God has blessed them, and they are blessed, and greatly to their own detriment, for, in the issue, their curses will be turned against themselves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is mentioned as one of the great sins of the tongue, Jam. iii. But those that thus love cursing shall have enough of it, Ps. cix. How many, who are called Christians, do by these sin evince that they are still under the reign and dominion of sin, still in the condition that they were born in.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Whose mouth - Psa 10:7. The apostle has not quoted this literally, but has given the sense. David in the psalm is describing his bitter enemies. Cursing - Reproachful and opprobrious language, such as Shimei used in relation to David; 2Sa 16:5, 2Sa 16:7-8. Bitterness - In the psalm, deceits. The word “bitterness” is used to denote severity, harshness, cruelty; reproachful and malicious words.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Whose mouth, &c.-- (Ps 10:7): that is, "That mouth which should be 'most sweet' (So 5:16), being 'set on fire of hell' (Jas 3:6), is filled with burning wrath against those whom it should only bless."

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὧν	hōn	of whom	G3739 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
στόμα	stoma	mouth	G4750 →
ἀρᾶς	aras	of cursing	G685 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πικρίας	pikrias	of bitterness	G4088 →
γέμει.	gemei	is full.	G1073 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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.

Through
James 3:10
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
leads to
- Romans 12:14
  Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
- 1 Peter 3:9
  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.
- Psalms 50:16–20
  To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- 1 Corinthians 3:3
  for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- 1 Timothy 5:13
  At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
Through
Psalms 59:12
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
leads to
- Proverbs 12:13
  An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Hosea 4:2
  Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Through
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
leads to
- Psalms 7:14
  Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans