James 3:6

Restraining The Tongue

⁵ So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. ⁷ For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,

Members of the Body

Set on Fire

Tongue is a Fire

Valley of Hinnom

Whole Earth

Fire Of Hell

Gehenna

Proverbs 16:27

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

Genesis 3:4-6

But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.

Leviticus 24:11

and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

Numbers 25:2

These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

Numbers 31:16

Behold, these, on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.

Judges 12:4-6

Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh."

Judges 16:15-20

And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me where your great strength lies."

1 Samuel 22:9-17

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,

2 Samuel 13:26-29

Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"

2 Samuel 15:2-6

And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what city are you?" And when he said, "Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,"

2 Samuel 16:20-2

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel. What shall we do?"

2 Samuel 19:43-1

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?"But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 21:5-15

But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?"

2 Chronicles 10:13-16

And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men,

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men.

Psalm 64:3

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 120:2-3

Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

Proverbs 1:10-14

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 7:5

to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

Proverbs 7:21-23

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 26:20-21

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Isaiah 30:27

Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my close friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him."

Jeremiah 28:16

Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the LORD.'"

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons."

Matthew 12:32-36

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

Matthew 15:11-20

it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."

Mark 7:15

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him."

Mark 7:20-22

And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

Mark 14:55-57

Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

Luke 16:24

And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish 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 for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

Acts 6:13

and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,

Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Romans 3:13-14

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

Romans 16:17-18

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

Ephesians 5:3-4

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Colossians 3:8-9

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

James 2:7

Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?

2 Peter 2:1-2

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

2 Peter 3:3

knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

Jude 1:8-10

Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

Jude 1:15-18

to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

Revelation 2:14-15

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, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.

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 world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 13:1-5

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Revelation 13:14

and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation 18:23

and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Deuteronomy 13:6

"If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,'which neither you nor your fathers have known,