James 3:6

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James 3:6

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Summary

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

The tongue

A world

It is

Revelation 12:9

General references

Bible References

The tongue

Then Jephthah gathered all of the men of Gilead. They fought and defeated Ephraim, because Ephraim had said, “You Gileadites are Ephraimite fugitives in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah: “We have 10 shares in the king, so we have a greater claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Weren’t we the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were harsher than those of the men of Israel.

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,
no inheritance in Jesse’s son.
Each man to his tent, Israel!

Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 choice men of Israel were killed.

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

They make their tongues
as sharp as a snake’s bite;
viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah

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

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

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

Look, Yahweh comes from far away,
His anger burning and heavy with smoke.
His lips are full of fury,
and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

A world

Don’t they blaspheme the noble name that was pronounced over you at your baptism?

“No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman.

Her son cursed and blasphemed the Name, and they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, a daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.)

The women invited them to the sacrifices for their gods, and the people ate and bowed in worship to their gods.

“Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community.

“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’—which neither you nor your fathers have known,

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she told him, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and not told me what makes your strength so great!”

Then Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw Jesse’s son come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

“If not,” Absalom said, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.”

The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?”

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for settlement, Absalom called out to him and asked, “What city are you from?” If he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.

Then his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, “Why are you so upset that you refuse to eat?”

My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t be persuaded.

a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.

For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!

Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to send you off the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have spoken rebellion against the Lord.’”

When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “The man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none.

They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.

Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.

Vipers’ venom is under their lips.

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them,

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.

Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. He had 10 horns and seven heads. On his horns were 10 diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

It is

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’

Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan,

the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

General references

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.

Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him.