James 3:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things.  Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive, but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.

Jude 1:16

These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires;  their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering  people for their own advantage.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then certain ones said, ‘Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah,  for instruction will never be lost from the priest,  or counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet.  Come, let’s denounce him  and pay no attention to all his words.’

Ezekiel 28:2

‘Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, “This is what the Lord God says: Your  heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god;  I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words,  they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped  from those who live in error.

Daniel 4:30

the king exclaimed, ‘Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory? ’

Job 22:17

They were the ones who said to God, ‘Leave us alone! ’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us? ’  ,

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy   them.’

Daniel 3:15

Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire #– #and who is the god who can rescue you from my power? ’

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak to him and say, “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster  , lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh responded, ‘Who is the Lord that I should obey him by letting Israel go?  I don’t know  the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.’

Proverbs 26:20

Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down.

James 3:4

And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.