James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.
And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.
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5So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.
7For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.
8But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.
10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.
27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.
2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.
3And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.
13“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”
14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
3How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?
21Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.
23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.
5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.
27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?
20What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.
19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
23Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
26If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
3Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
9They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
9For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.
18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.
2Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,
3my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
10For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.
14Because of that, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, said to me,“Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up.”
2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
3They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
28A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
30Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?
48where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.
12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
15Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
36I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.
21Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.