Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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Bible References
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James 3:6
And the tongue is [like] a fire [i.e., like that spark]. [For] the tongue, as a part of the body, is [like] the world of evil. It corrupts the entire life [of a person] and inflames the course of nature itself [i.e., it affects a person throughout his whole earthly existence], and is ignited by hell itself [i.e., the evil produced by the fiery tongue has hell as its source and destiny].