James 3:9
With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
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Cross references
- Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Genesis 1:26–27 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.