James 3:6

Restraining The Tongue

⁵ So the tongue, too, is a little organ but can boast of great achievements. See how a spark, ever so tiny, can set a vast forest on fire! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell. ⁷ For every kind of beasts and birds, of reptiles and sea animals, can be, or have been, tamed by man;

Members of the Body

Set on Fire

Tongue is a Fire

Valley of Hinnom

Whole Earth

Fire Of Hell

Gehenna

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you: "Everyone who harbors malice against his brother, will have to answer to the court, and whoever speaks contemptuously to his brother, will have to answer to the supreme court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You cursed fool? will have to pay the penalty in the pit of torture.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man is not driving out demons except by the help of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."

Matthew 12:32-36

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but whoever speaks abusively against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven for it, either in this world or in the world to come.

Matthew 15:11-20

It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."

Mark 7:15

Nothing that goes into a man from the outside can make him foul, but the things that come from the inside of a man are the things that make him foul."

Mark 7:20-22

He kept on saying, "The thing that comes from the inside of a man is the thing that makes him foul,

Mark 14:55-57

The high priests and the whole council were trying to get evidence against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none,

Luke 16:24

So he called and said, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am ceaselessly tortured in this flame.'

Acts 5:3

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan so completely possessed your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourselves a part of the money received for the land?

Acts 6:13

Then they put up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place and against the law,

Acts 20:30

Even from your own number men will appear who will try, by speaking perversions of truth, to draw away the disciples after them.

Romans 3:13-14

Their throats are just like open graves, with their tongues they have spoken treachery; the poison of asps is under their lips.

Romans 16:17-18

But I beg you, brothers, to keep on the lookout for those who stir up divisions and put hindrances in your way, in opposition to the instruction that you had, and always avoid them.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

For such men are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

Ephesians 5:3-4

But sexual vice and any form of immorality or sensual greed must not so much as be mentioned among you, as that is the only course becoming in God's people;

Colossians 3:8-9

But now you too must once for all put them all aside -- anger, rage, malice, and abusive, filthy talk from your lips.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

that is, the representative of lawlessness, whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with his plenitude of power and pretended signs and wonders,

Titus 1:11

whose mouths must be stopped, for they upset whole families by teaching things they ought not to think, for the sake of dishonest gain.

James 2:7

Are not they the ones who scoff at the beautiful name you bear?

2 Peter 2:1-2

Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you too, who will insidiously introduce destructive heresies and deny the Master who has bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction.

2 Peter 3:3

First of all, you must understand this, that in the last days mockers will come with their mockeries, living in accordance with their evil passions,

3 John 1:10

So, if I come, I will remind you of what he is doing, how with malicious insinuations he is talking about me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, he interferes with those who want to do so, and tries to put them out of the church.

Jude 1:8-10

In just the same way these dreamers defile the body, discard authority, and deride the majesties.

Jude 1:15-18

to execute judgment upon all, to convict all the godless of their godless deeds which in their godlessness they have committed, and of all the harsh things that godless sinners have said against Him."

Revelation 2:14-15

Yet I hold it somewhat against you that you have among you some who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap for the children of Israel, to entice them to eat the meat that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit immoral practices.

Revelation 12:9

So the huge dragon, the ancient serpent, called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.

Revelation 13:1-5

Then I stood on the sand of the seashore, and I saw a wild beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on his horns, and blasphemous titles on his heads.

Revelation 13:14

He leads the inhabitants of the earth astray because of the wonders he is permitted to perform in the presence of the wild beast, telling the inhabitants of the earth to erect a statue to the wild beast that bears the sword-thrust and yet has lived.

Revelation 18:23

the light of the lamp will never shine in you again; the voice of bride and bridegroom will never be heard in you again. For your businessmen were the great men of the earth; by your magic all the nations have been led astray;

Revelation 19:20

Then the wild beast was captured and with him the false prophet who performed wonders in his presence, by which he led astray those who let the mark of the wild beast be put on them and worshiped his statue. Both of them were hurled alive into the fiery lake that burns with brimstone.