Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
So
General references
Bible References
So
Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh responded, “Who is Yahweh that I should obey Him by letting Israel go? I do not know anything about Yahweh, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”
Exodus 15:9 The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy
2 Kings 19:22 Who is it you mocked and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
Job 21:14 Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.
We don’t want to know Your ways.
Job 22:17 They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”
Psalm 10:3 For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.
the one who is greedy curses
Psalm 12:2 They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
Psalm 17:10 They have become hardened;
their mouths speak arrogantly.
their mouths speak arrogantly.
Psalm 52:1
For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.
God’s faithful love is constant.
Psalm 73:8 They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.
they arrogantly threaten oppression.
Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.
Proverbs 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Jeremiah 9:3 They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:
Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak to him and say: This is what the Lord God says:
Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile,
who says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
the great monster
who says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
Daniel 3:15
Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire—and who is the god who can rescue you from my power?”
Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”
2 Peter 2:18
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
Jude 1:16
These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
Revelation 13:5
A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies. He was also given authority to act for 42 months.
General references
Proverbs 6:27 Can a man embrace fire
and his clothes not be burned?
and his clothes not be burned?