James 3:6

Legacy Standard Bible

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our existence, and is set on fire by hell.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:20

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What shall we do?”

2 Samuel 19:43

But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “We have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our word first to have our king return?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Chronicles 13:17

And Abijah and his people struck them down with a great slaughter, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of an asp is under their lips. Selah.

Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:27

A vile man digs up evil, And the words on his lips are like scorching fire.

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness who breathes out lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Proverbs 7:5

In order to keep you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words.

Isaiah 30:27

¶Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from afar; Burning is His anger and heavy is His smoke; His lips are filled with indignation And His tongue is like a consuming fire;

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who gird yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the bad report of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!” All my trusted friends, Keeping watch for my fall, say: “Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 28:16

Therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.’ ”

Leviticus 24:11

And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

Numbers 25:2

Indeed they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Numbers 31:16

Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to act unfaithfully against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ shall be guilty before the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Mark 7:15

there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.

Luke 16:24

And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’

Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Acts 5:3

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?

Acts 6:13

And they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases speaking words against this holy place and the Law;

Deuteronomy 13:6

“If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

Titus 1:11

who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.

James 2:7

Do they not blaspheme the good name by which you have been called?

James 3:7

For every kind of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

2 Peter 3:3

knowing this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts,

3 John 1:10

For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his deeds which he does, unjustly disparaging us with wicked words. And not satisfied with this, he himself does not welcome the brothers either, and he forbids those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 13:14

And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which were given to him to do in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the wound of the sword and has come to life.

Revelation 18:23

and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who did the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.