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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the tongue.

Judges 12:4-6
Then Jephthah gathered all of the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh." . . .

2 Samuel 19:43
"We have ten shares in the king, " answered the men of Israel, "so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?" But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 20:1
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram's horn and shouted: "We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!"

2 Chronicles 10:13-16
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders . . .

2 Chronicles 13:17
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500, 000 choice men of Israel fell slain.

Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 140:3
They make their tongues as sharp as serpents; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 26:20, 21
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. . . .

Isaiah 30:27
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

a world.

James 2:7
Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble Name by which you have been called?

Genesis 3:4-6
"You will not surely die, " the serpent told her. . . .

Leviticus 24:11
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

Numbers 25:2
who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

Numbers 31:16
"Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 13:6
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods" (which neither you nor your fathers have known,

Judges 16:15-20
"How can you say, 'I love you, '" she told him, "when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!" . . .

1 Samuel 22:9-17
But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul's servants, answered: "I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. . . .

2 Samuel 13:26-29
"If not, " said Absalom, "please let my brother Amnon go with us." "Why should he go with you?" the king asked. . . .

2 Samuel 15:2-6
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, "What city are you from?" And if he replied, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel, " . . .

2 Samuel 16:20-23
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give me counsel. What should we do?" . . .

2 Samuel 17:1, 2
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. . . .

1 Kings 21:5-15
Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, "Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?" . . .

Proverbs 1:10-14
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. . . .

Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Proverbs 7:5, 21-23
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. . . .

Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering of many, "Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!" All my trusted friends watch for my fall: "Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him."

Jeremiah 28:16
Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.'"

Matthew 12:24, 32-36
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "Only by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, does this man drive out demons." . . .

Matthew 15:11-20
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it." . . .

Mark 7:15, 20-22
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." . . .

Mark 14:55-57
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any. . . .

Acts 6:13
They presented false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the Law.

Acts 20:30
Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

Romans 3:13, 14
Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. The venom of vipers is on their lips. . . .

Romans 16:17, 18
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. . . .

Ephesians 5:3, 4
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. . . .

Colossians 3:8, 9
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. . . .

Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

2 Peter 2:1, 2
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies that even deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. . . .

2 Peter 3:3
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.

Jude 1:8-10, 15-18
Yet in the same way, these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings. . . .

Revelation 2:14, 15
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. . . .

Revelation 13:1-5, 14
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. . . .

Revelation 18:23
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery."

Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed signs on his behalf, by which he deceived those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

it is.

Luke 16:24
So he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.'

Acts 5:3
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was hurled down--the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

King James Bible
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.

International Standard Version
The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

NET Bible
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the tongue is a fire and a world of sin; it is like a jungle. And that tongue by itself, while it is among our members, defiles our whole body and sets on fire the successions of generations, which roll on like wheels; it also burns with fire.
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