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Romans 3:14

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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
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  1. Psalms 10:7Rank 1 from verse 14
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  2. Psalms 109:17–18Rank 2 from verse 14
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    17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

    18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

  3. Psalms 59:12Rank 3 from verse 14
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    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  4. James 3:10Rank 4 from verse 14
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    10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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Romans 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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cursing

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1. The uttering of curses or reviling words. 2. A pronounced curse or doom; the condition subject to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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bitterness

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1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

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