James 3:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

Psalm 17:10

He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Jude 1:16

These are murmurers, full of complaints, walking according to their own desires, and their mouth speaketh proud things, admiring persons for gain's sake.

Jeremiah 18:18

And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.

Psalm 10:3

For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God.

2 Peter 2:18

For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness, those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error:

Job 22:17

Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake; I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill. I will draw my sword; my hand shall slay them.

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself.

Exodus 5:2

But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

Psalm 39:1

Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

Proverbs 26:20

When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

James 3:4

Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth.