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"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."
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Commentators explain that "cursing and bitterness" go beyond simple foul language. "Cursing" refers to reproachful speech against God and others, while "bitterness" signifies malicious, cruel, and harsh words. John Calvin notes that this reveals a heart so corrupt that if it's not being deceptively smooth, it's spewing open hostility. These words are an overflow of a corrupt heart.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whose mouth (Psalms 10:7): The apostle has not quoted this literally, but has given the sense. David in the psalm is describin…
19th Century
Anglican
Bitterness.—Malignity; from the notion that venom was contained in the gall. (Compare to Acts 8:23.)
Baptist
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable…
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However, there is another argument waiting to be brought into play to seal the verdict. It is the testimony of Scripture. Writing to those who were…
16th Century
Protestant
Then he says that their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness—a vice of an opposite character to the former. But the meaning is that the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness . These words are taken from (Psalms 10:7) , by cursing is mean…
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It is shown here again that all humankind are under the guilt of sin as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, enslaved by it to d…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing the Jews’ advantage over the Gentiles regarding God’s blessings, the Apostle now rejects their vainglory, by which they set…
