Ecclesiastes 7:21 {22}
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But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.

take no heed

2 Samuel 19:19 Said to him: Impute not to me, my lord, the iniquity, nor remember the injuries of thy servant on the day that thou, my lord, the king, wentest out of Jerusalem, nor lay it up in thy heart, O king.

unto

2 Samuel 16:10 And the king said: What have I to do with you, ye sons of Sarvia? Let him alone and let him curse: for the Lord hath bid him curse David: and who is he that shall dare say, why hath he done so?

Isaiah 29:21 That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.

1 Corinthians 13:5-7 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil: . . .

Context
The Limits of Human Wisdom
20For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not. 21But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.22For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.…
Cross References
Proverbs 30:10
Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.

Ecclesiastes 7:22
For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

pay
תִּתֵּ֖ן (tit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

attention
לִבֶּ֑ךָ (lib·be·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to every
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

word
הַדְּבָרִים֙ (had·də·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

that is spoken,
יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ (yə·ḏab·bê·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

or
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you may hear
תִשְׁמַ֥ע (ṯiš·ma‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

your servant
עַבְדְּךָ֖ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

cursing you.
מְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃ (mə·qal·le·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling


Additional Translations
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest you hear your servant curse you:

Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest thou hear thy servant cursing thee.

Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
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