James 3:5

Modern King James Version

Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold how little a fire kindles how large a forest!

Cross References

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 12:18

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

Psalm 17:10

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly,

Jude 1:16

These are murmurers, complainers, leading lives according to their lusts. And their mouth speaks proud things, admiring faces for the sake of gain.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come and let us plot schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the Word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous whom Jehovah despises.

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre. So says the Lord Jehovah: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of gods;

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they lure through the lusts of the flesh, by unbridled lust, the ones who were escaping from those who live in error;

Daniel 4:30

The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?

Job 22:17

who said to God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do to them?

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them, I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and worship the image which I have made. But if you do not worship, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand?

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak and say, So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is mine, and I have made it.

Exodus 5:2

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

Psalm 39:1

To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked are before me.

Proverbs 26:20

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.

James 3:4

Behold also the ships being so great, and driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small rudder, where the impulse of him steering desires.