James 3:5

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Summary

James 3:5

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

So

General references

Proverbs 6:27

Bible References

So

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea , contemneth Jehovah.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;-

speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, well : but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?

The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words ), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.

and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.

General references

Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?