James 3:5

New Messianic Version Bible

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

Cross References

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright (in the right way): 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, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling [words], having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed]; 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 not give heed to any of his words.

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, [whom] the Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] abhors.

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tzor (Tyrus) [a rock], Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Because youri heart [is] lifted up, and youi have said, I [am] a God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], I sit [in] the seat of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], in the midst of the seas; yet youi [are] a man, and not God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], though youi set youri heart as the heart of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]:

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

Daniel 4:30

The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

Job 22:17

Which said unto God-El [The Powerful Living Word], Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Exodus 15:9

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

Daniel 3:15

Now if you2f be ready that at what time you2f hear the sound of the cornet (a wind instrument; horn; trumpet), flute, harp, sackbut (triangular, 4-stringed instrument, like a lyre), Psaltery (stringed instrument, like an harp), and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you2f fall down and worship the image which I have made; [well]: but if you2f worship not, you2f shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who [is] that God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] that shall deliver you out of my hands?

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); Behold, I [am] against youi, Par’oh [Pharaoh - Great House] king of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, which has said, My river [is] my own, and I have made [it] for myself.

Exodus 5:2

And Par’oh [Pharaoh - Great House] said, Who [is] the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), that I should obey his voice to let Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] go? I know not the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), neither will I let Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] go.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Proverbs 26:20

Where no wood is, [there] the fire goes out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceases.

James 3:4

Behold also the ships, which though [they be] so great, and [are] driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm (rudder and tiller to steer a ship), to wherever the governor lists.