James 3:6

New Century Version

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a whole world of evil among the parts of our bodies. The tongue spreads its evil through the whole body. The tongue is set on fire by hell, and it starts a fire that influences all of life.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:27

Useless people make evil plans, and their words are like a burning fire.

Mark 7:15

There is nothing people put into their bodies that makes them unclean. People are made unclean by the things that come out of them. [

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer will calm a person’s anger, but an unkind answer will cause more anger.

Luke 16:24

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

Proverbs 6:19

a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongues sharp as a snake’s; their words are like snake poison.Selah

Psalm 64:3

They sharpen their tongues like swords and shoot bitter words like arrows.

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will talk about what Diotrephes is doing, about how he lies and says evil things about us. But more than that, he refuses to accept the other brothers and sisters; he even stops those who do want to accept them and puts them out of the church.

James 2:7

And they are the ones who speak against Jesus, who owns you.

Acts 6:13

They brought in some people to tell lies about Stephen, saying, “This man is always speaking against this holy place and the law of Moses.

Acts 5:3

Peter said, “Ananias, why did you let Satan rule your thoughts to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep for yourself part of the money you received for the land?

Matthew 12:24

When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Jesus uses the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, to force demons out of people.”

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be judged. If you say bad things to a brother or sister, you will be judged by the council. And if you call someone a fool, you will be in danger of the fire of hell.

2 Samuel 19:43

The Israelites answered the people of Judah, “We have ten tribes in the kingdom, so we have more right to David than you do! But you ignored us! We were the first ones to talk about bringing our king back!” But the people of Judah spoke even more unkindly than the people of Israel.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and with him the false prophet who did the miracles for the beast. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his idol. The false prophet and the beast were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s great people, and all the nations were tricked by your magic.

Revelation 13:14

It fools those who live on earth by the miracles it has been given the power to do. It does these miracles to serve the first beast. The second beast orders people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the deadly sword but sprang to life again.

Revelation 12:9

The giant dragon was thrown down out of heaven. (He is that old snake called the devil or Satan, who tricks the whole world.) The dragon with his angels was thrown down to the earth.

2 Peter 3:3

It is most important for you to understand what will happen in the last days. People will laugh at you. They will live doing the evil things they want to do.

Titus 1:11

These people must be stopped, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach, which they do to get rich by cheating people.

Acts 20:30

Also, some from your own group will rise up and twist the truth and will lead away followers after them.

Jeremiah 28:16

So this is what the Lord says: ‘Soon I will remove you from the earth. You will die this year, because you taught the people to turn against the Lord.’ ”

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear many people whispering about me: “Terror on every side! Tell on him! Let’s tell the rulers about him.” My friends are all just waiting for me to make some mistake. They are saying, “Maybe we can trick him so we can defeat him and pay him back.”

Isaiah 30:27

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

Numbers 31:16

They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people.

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah’s army struck Israel so that five hundred thousand of Israel’s best men were killed.

2 Samuel 16:20

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

Deuteronomy 13:6

Someone might try to lead you to serve other gods—it might be your brother, your son or daughter, the wife you love, or a close friend. The person might say, “Let’s go and worship other gods.” (These are gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

Leviticus 24:11

The son of the Israelite woman began cursing and speaking against the Lord, so the people took him to Moses. (The mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the family of Dan.)

Numbers 25:2

The women invited them to their sacrifices to their gods, and the Israelites ate food there and worshiped these gods.

Proverbs 7:5

Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery, away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.

Isaiah 50:11

But instead, some of you want to light your own fires and make your own light. So, go, walk in the light of your fires, and trust your own light to guide you. But this is what you will receive from me: You will lie down in a place of pain.

James 3:7

People can tame every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and fish, and they have tamed them,