James 3:6
And the tongue [is] a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
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Genesis 3:4And the serpent says to the woman, “Dying, you do not die,
Numbers 25:2and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat and bow themselves to their gods,
Deuteronomy 13:6When your brother, son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who [is] as your own soul, moves you in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (which you have not known, you and your fathers,
Judges 16:15And she says to him, “How do you say, I have loved you, and your heart is not with me? These three times you have played on me, and have not declared to me wherein your great power [is].”
2 Samuel 13:26And Absalom says, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us”; and the king says to him, “Why does he go with you?”
2 Samuel 16:20And Absalom says to Ahithophel, “Give counsel for yourself [for] what we do.”
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 →