James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
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Cross references
- Psalm 120:2–3 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
- Proverbs 16:27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
- Mark 7:15 There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.