James 3:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Our tongues are small too, and yet they boast about big things. It takes only a spark to start a forest fire!

Cross References

Job 22:17

They rejected God All-Powerful, feeling he was helpless,

Psalm 10:3

The wicked boast about their deepest desires. Those greedy people hate and curse you, LORD.

Psalm 17:10

They refuse to show mercy, and they keep boasting.

Psalm 39:1

I told myself, “I'll be careful not to sin by what I say, and I'll muzzle my mouth when evil people are near.”

Exodus 15:9

Your enemies boasted that they would pursue and capture us, divide up our possessions, treat us as they wished, then take out their swords and kill us there.

Exodus 5:2

“Who is this LORD and why should I obey him?” the king replied. “I refuse to let you and your people go!”

Proverbs 12:18

Sharp words cut like a sword, but words of wisdom heal.

Proverbs 15:2

Words of wisdom come from the wise, but fools speak foolishness.

Proverbs 18:21

Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.

Proverbs 26:20

Where there is no fuel a fire goes out; where there is no gossip arguments come to an end.

Jeremiah 18:18

Some of the people said, “Let's get rid of Jeremiah! We will always have priests to teach us God's laws, as well as wise people to give us advice, and prophets to speak the LORD's messages. So, instead of listening to Jeremiah any longer, let's accuse him of a crime.”

Ezekiel 28:2

Ezekiel, son of man, tell the king of Tyre that I am saying: You are so arrogant that you think you're a god and that the city of Tyre is your throne. You may claim to be a god, though you're nothing but a mere human.

Ezekiel 29:3

that I am saying: King of Egypt, you were like a giant crocodile lying in a river. You acted as though you owned the Nile and made it for yourself. But now I, the LORD God, am your enemy!

Daniel 3:15

Now I am going to give you one more chance. If you bow down and worship the statue when you hear the music, everything will be all right. But if you don't, you will at once be thrown into a flaming furnace. No god can save you from me.”

James 3:4

It takes strong winds to move a large sailing ship, but the captain uses only a small rudder to make it go in any direction.

2 Peter 2:18

They boast out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

Jude 1:16

These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They boast about themselves and flatter others to get what they want.