Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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General references
Bible References
A world
James 2:7
Is it not they who blaspheme the honorable name by which you have been called?
Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."
Matthew 15:11
not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."
Mark 7:15
there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him."
Mark 14:55
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.
Acts 6:13
They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place, and the law;
Acts 20:30
and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Romans 3:13
"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to practice deceit." "The poison of asps is under their lips."
Romans 16:17
I urge you, brethren, to take note of those who cause divisions and difficulties, contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; avoid them.
Ephesians 5:3
But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
Colossians 3:8
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
Titus 1:11
They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they ought not to teach for the sake of sordid gain.
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
2 Peter 3:3
First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days, with scoffing, following their own lusts
3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping against us with evil words. And not satisfied with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
Jude 1:8
Yet in the same way these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to practice sexual immorality.
Revelation 13:1
And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on his horns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
Revelation 18:23
and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with sulfur.
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Luke 16:24
And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon 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 5:3
But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders,
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole worldhe was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
General references
Matthew 15:18
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.
Mark 7:20
And he said, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.