James 3:5
Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 5:2But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
2 Kings 19:22Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed? against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the holy one of Israel.
Job 22:17Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:
Psalms 12:2Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.
Psalms 52:1Unto the end, understanding for David,
Proverbs 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13
Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →