James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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Cross references
- Psalm 120:2–3 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
- Proverbs 16:27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
- Mark 7:15 Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”