James 3:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

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  • Jer 9:3-8 : 3 And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah! 4 Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk, 5 And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured. 6 thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. 7 Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people? 8 A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
  • Ps 52:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God `is' all the day. 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak. 9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.
  • Ezek 28:2 : 2 `Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I `am', The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou `art' man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
  • Ps 12:2-4 : 2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. 3 Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, 4 Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips `are' our own; who `is' lord over us?'
  • Rev 13:5-6 : 5 And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months, 6 and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;
  • Dan 3:15 : 15 Now, lo, ye are ready, so that at the time that ye hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and do obeisance to the image that I have made! -- and lo, ye do no obeisance -- in that hour ye are cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; who is that God who doth deliver you out of my hands?'
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: --
  • 2 Kgs 19:22-24 : 22 Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes -- Against the Holy One of Israel! 23 By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains -- The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel. 24 I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. 15 What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
  • Job 22:17 : 17 Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 3:6-10
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    6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

    7 For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

    8 and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, `it is' an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

    9 with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

    10 out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

  • Jas 3:2-4
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    2 for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one `is' a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

    3 lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

    4 lo, also the ships, being so great, and by fierce winds being driven, are led about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the helmsman doth counsel,

  • Prov 15:4
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    4 A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

  • Prov 10:19-20
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    19 In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

    20 The tongue of the righteous `is' chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1 A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

    2 The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

  • Job 15:5
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    5 For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27 A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    20 From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, `From the' increase of his lips he is satisfied.

    21 Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

  • Gal 5:9
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    9 a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

  • Ps 12:3-4
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    3 Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

    4 Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips `are' our own; who `is' lord over us?'

  • Isa 9:18
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    18 For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!

  • Prov 6:27
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    27 Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

  • Ps 83:14
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    14 As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

  • Jer 5:14
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    14 Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.

  • Ezek 15:4-5
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    4 Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

    5 Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

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    3 Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

  • Jas 1:26
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    26 If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain `is' the religion;

  • Ps 39:3
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    3 Hot `is' my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

  • Job 41:21
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    21 His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10 for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

  • Prov 12:18
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    18 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

  • Jas 1:19
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    19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6 Not good `is' your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

  • Prov 25:23
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    23 A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Prov 25:15
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    15 By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18 As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12 Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

  • Job 15:13
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    13 For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Job 22:20
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    20 `Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

  • Matt 12:36
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    36 `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;