James 3:9

We honor God with our words, but then we turn right around and dishonor other people with what we say. This is inconsistent because man is the image of God (Genesis 1:27).

"To bless God is the sublimest function of the human tongue; thrice daily the devout Jew recited ’the Eighteen Benedictions,’ with their ending ’Blessed art Thou, O God.’" [Note: Adamson, p. 146.]

"It was the pious practice among the Jews, both in speaking and in writing, to add ’Blessed [be] He’ after each utterance of the name of God. No doubt, the readers of this epistle still continued this practice whenever God was mentioned." [Note: Hiebert, James, p. 201. Cf. Mark 14:61.]