James 3:5
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
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Cross references
- Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
- Jeremiah 9:3–5 “They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh. “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer. Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.