James 3:6

Easy To Read Version

The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. How? The tongue spreads its evil through our whole body. It starts a fire that influences all of life. The tongue gets this fire from hell.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:20

Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Please tell us what we should do.”

2 Samuel 19:43

The Israelites answered, “We have ten shares in David. [112] So we have more right to David than you do. But you ignored us. Why? We were the ones that first talked about bringing our king back.”

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah’s army greatly defeated the army of Israel, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed.

Psalm 140:3

Their tongues are like poisonous snakes.\par It is like snake poison is under their tongue.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [638]})\i0 \par

Psalm 64:3

They have told many bad lies about me.\par Their tongues are like sharp swords,\par their bitter words like arrows.\par

Proverbs 15:1

A peaceful answer causes anger to disappear. But a rough answer causes anger to grow.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless person plans bad things to do. His advice destroys like fire.

Proverbs 6:19

a person who tells lies in court\par and says things that are not true,\par a person who starts arguments\par and causes fights between other people.\par

Proverbs 7:5

Then they will protect you from the “other women.” They will protect you from their nice words that can lead you into sin.

Isaiah 30:27

Look! The Lord’s Name is coming from far away. His anger is like a fire with thick clouds of smoke. The Lord’s mouth is filled with anger, and his tongue is like a burning fire.

Isaiah 50:11

“Look, \{you people want to live your own ways\}. You light your own fires and torches (lights). So, \{live your own way\}. But, you will be punished! You will fall into your fires and torches and you will be burned. I will make that happen.”

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear people whispering against me.\par Everywhere, I hear things that scare me.\par Even my friends are saying things\par against me.\par People are just waiting for me\par to make some mistake.\par They are saying,\par “Let us lie and say he did some bad thing.\par Maybe we can trick Jeremiah.\par Then we will have him.\par We will finally be rid of him.\par Then we will grab him\par and take our revenge on him.”\par

Jeremiah 28:16

So this is what the Lord says, ‘Soon I will take you from this world, Hananiah. You will die this year. Why? Because you taught the people to turn against the Lord.’”

Leviticus 24:11

The Israelite woman’s son began cursing and saying bad things about the Lord’s name. So the people brought this man to Moses. (The name of the man’s mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, from the family group of Dan.)

Numbers 31:16

These are the women who caused the men of Israel to turn away from the Lord during the Balaam incident—that time at Peor. The disease will again come to the Lord’s people.

Matthew 12:24

The Pharisees {\cf2\super [169]} heard the people saying this. The Pharisees said, “This man uses the power of Beelzebul (the devil) to force demons {\cf2\super [170]} out of people. Beelzebul is the ruler of demons.”

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, don’t be angry with another person. Every person is your brother. If you are angry with other people, you will be judged. And if you say bad things to another person, you will be judged by the Jewish council. And if you call another person a fool, you will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Mark 7:15

There is nothing a person puts into his body that makes him wrong. {\cf2\super [86]} A person is made wrong by the things that come from him.”

Luke 16:24

He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he can dip his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!’

Acts 20:30

Also, men from your own group will become bad leaders. They will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some followers \{of Jesus\} away from the truth.

Acts 5:3

Peter said, “Ananias, why did you let Satan (the devil) rule your heart? You lied and tried to deceive (fool) the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [85]} You sold your field, but why did you keep part of the money for yourself?

Acts 6:13

The Jews brought some men into the meeting. They told these men to tell lies about Stephen. The men said, “This man (Stephen) always says bad things about this holy place (the temple). And he always says bad things against the law \{of Moses\}.

Deuteronomy 13:6

“Someone close to you might secretly persuade you to worship other gods. It might be your own brother, your son, your daughter, the wife you love or your closest friend. That person might say, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods.’ (These are gods that you and your ancestors never knew.

Titus 1:11

An elder {\cf2\super [7]} must \{be able to show that those people are wrong and\} stop them from talking \{about those worthless things\}. Those people are destroying whole families by teaching things that they should not teach. They teach those things only to cheat people and make money.

James 2:7

And the rich people are the people who say bad things against the good name of the One (Jesus) who owns you.

James 3:7

People can tame every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and fish. People have already tamed all these things.

2 Peter 3:3

It is important for you to understand what will happen in the last days. People will laugh \{at you\}. Those people will live following the evil things they want to do.

Revelation 12:9

The snake was thrown down out of heaven. (The giant snake is that old snake called the devil or Satan. He leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The snake with his angels were thrown to the earth.

Revelation 13:14

This second animal fools the people that live on the earth. He fools them by using the miracles that he has been given the power to do. He does these miracles to serve the first animal. The second animal ordered people to make an idol {\cf2\super [96]} to honor the first animal. This was the animal that was wounded by the sword but did not die.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never\par shine in you again.\par The voices of a bridegroom {\cf2\super [140]} and bride\par will never be heard in you again.\par Your merchants {\cf2\super [141]} were the world’s\par great people.\par All the nations were tricked by your magic.\par

Revelation 19:20

But the animal was captured. Also the false prophet {\cf2\super [149]} was captured. This false prophet was the one who did the miracles {\cf2\super [150]} for the animal. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick the people who had the mark of the animal and worshiped his idol. {\cf2\super [151]} The false prophet and the animal were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.