James 3:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:20

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel; what shall we do?”

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand picked men.

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. Selah

Psalm 64:3

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 7:5

to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.

Isaiah 30:27

Behold, the name of the Lord comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who set brands alight! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the brands which you have kindled! This shall you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 28:16

Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.’ ”

Leviticus 24:11

and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

Numbers 25:2

These invited 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 people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it they said, “It is only by Be-elzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.

Mark 7:15

there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.”

Luke 16:24

And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.’

Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves will arise men 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 part of the proceeds of the land?

Acts 6:13

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law;

Deuteronomy 13:6

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

Titus 1:11

they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.

James 2:7

Is it not they who blaspheme the honorable name which was invoked over you?

James 3:7

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind,

2 Peter 3:3

First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 13:14

and by the signs which it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast, it deceives those who dwell on earth, bidding them make an image for the beast which was wounded by the sword and yet lived;

Revelation 18:23

and the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more; and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard in thee no more; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had worked the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.