James 3:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ So also the tongue is a small member—yet it boasts of great things. See how so small a fire sets a blaze so great a forest!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and it can boast of great things. See how much wood or how great a forest a tiny spark can set ablaze!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

Common English Bible

⁵ In the same way, even though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts wildly. Think about this: A small flame can set a whole forest on fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.

James 3:5 Referencias Cruzadas

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 12:18

Reckless speech is like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of fools spouts folly.

Psalm 17:10

Their callous heart they shut tight. With their mouth they speak proudly.

Jude 1:16

These are bellyaching grumblers, following after their own desires. Their mouth speaks grandiose things, showing favoritism for the sake of gain.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘So your heart is exalted and you say, “I am a god! I sit in the seat of the gods in the heart of the seas!” Yet you are human, not a god, even if you set up your heart like the heart of a god.

2 Peter 2:18

For by mouthing grandiosities that amount to nothing, they entice in sensual fleshly passions those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.

Daniel 4:30

Immediately the word about Ne­buchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

Job 22:17

They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can Shaddai do to us?’

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My lust shall gorge on them! I will draw my sword— my hand will destroy them.”

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and pipes and all kinds of music you must fall down and worship the image that I have made. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire! Then what god will be able to deliver you out of my hands?”

Ezekiel 29:3

speak and say, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great crocodile lying in his rivers, who says: “My Nile is my own —I made it for myself.”

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should listen to His voice and let Israel go? I do not know Adonai, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

Psalm 39:1

For the music director, for Jeduthun, a psalm of David.

Proverbs 26:20

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease.

James 3:4

See also the ships—though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.