James 3:6

The Text-Critical English New Testament

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of unrighteousness, staining the entire body, setting the course of life on fire, and itself being set on fire by hell.

Cross References

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is rashly angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Yoʋ idiot,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. And whoever says, ‘Yoʋ fool,’ will be subject to the fires of hell.

Mark 7:15

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

Luke 16:24

So he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’

Acts 20:30

Even from your own number men will rise up, speaking perverse things to draw the disciples away after them.

Acts 5:3

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

Acts 6:13

Then they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and against the law.

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced, because they are ruining entire households by teaching what they ought not to teach, for the sake of sordid gain.

James 2:7

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

James 3:7

Every species of beast, bird, reptile, and sea creature can be tamed and has been tamed by man,

2 Peter 3:3

First of all, you must understand that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts.

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing and the evil accusations of nonsense that he is making against us. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to receive the brothers, but also stops those who want to do so and throws them out of the church.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down, the old 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

By the signs he was permitted to do in the presence of the first beast, he deceived my own people who dwell on the earth, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image of the first beast, who had the wound from the sword but still lived.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never shine in yoʋ again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in yoʋ again. For yoʋr merchants were the magnates of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by yoʋr sorcery.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured, and so was the false prophet who was with him, who in his sight performed the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.