KJV ORIGINAL
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Their words are just poison, nothing but hate and anger comes out of their mouth.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When your heart is bitter, your words become weapons.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Romans, written by the Apostle Paul around 57 AD to the Christians in Rome, this verse is part of a larger passage where Paul cites Old Testament scriptures to demonstrate that all people, both Jews and Gentiles, are sinners. Specifically, Romans 3:14 quotes from Psalm 10:7, highlighting how sinful speech, like cursing and bitterness, reveals the inner corruption of the human heart. This reflects the Jewish cultural understanding that words have moral weight and can defile a person.
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