James 3:6

Pea ko e afi ʻae ʻelelo, ko e maama angahala: ʻoku pehē ʻae ʻelelo ʻi heʻene ʻi hotau ngaahi kupuʻi sino, ʻoku ne ʻuliʻi ʻae sino kotoa, ʻoku ne fakavela ʻae anga fakakakano; pea kuo tutu ia mei heli.

KO E TOHI TAPU KĀTOA

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5‌ʻOku pehē foki ki he ʻelelo, ko e kupu siʻi, ka ʻoku ne polepole ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi. Vakai ki hono lahi ʻoe vao ʻakau kuo tutu ʻaki ʻae afi siʻi!

7He naʻe fakalalata ʻi muʻa, pea ʻoku kei fakalalata ʻe he kakai, ʻae manu fekai kehekehe kotoa pē, mo e fanga manupuna, mo e ngaahi meʻa totolo, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he tahi:

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Cross References

Genesis 3:4Pea pehē ʻe he ngata ki he fefine, “ʻOku ʻikai moʻoni te mo mate.

Numbers 25:2Pea naʻa nau ui ʻae kakai ki he ngaahi feilaulau ki honau ngaahi ʻotua: pea naʻe kai ʻe he kakai, mo nau punou hifo ki honau ngaahi ʻotua.

Deuteronomy 13:6¶ “Kapau ʻoku fakahekeheke fakafufū kiate koe ʻe ho tokoua, ko e tama ʻa hoʻo faʻē, pē ko ho foha, pē ko ho ʻofefine, pē ko e uaifi ʻo ho fatafata, pe ko ho kaumeʻa ʻaia ʻoku tatau mo ho laumālie ʻoʻou, ʻo pehē, ‘Ke ta ō ʻo tauhi ʻotua kehe,’ ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻiloʻi, ʻe koe, pe ʻe hoʻo ngaahi tamai;

Judges 16:15¶ Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “ʻOku fēfē hoʻo pehē, ʻOku ou ʻofa kiate koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻiate au hoʻo ʻofa? Kuo ke kākaaʻi au ʻo liunga tolu, pea ʻoku teʻeki siʻi tala kiate au pē ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he hā ʻa hoʻo mālohi lahi.”

2 Samuel 13:26Pea naʻe toki pehē ai ʻe ʻApisalomi, “Ka kuo ʻikai, pea ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, tuku ke ʻalu ʻa ʻAmanoni mo kimautolu.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate ia, “Ko e hā ka ʻalu ai ia mo koe?”

2 Samuel 16:20¶ Hili ia naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi kia ʻAhitofeli, “Mou fakakaukau ʻiate kimoutolu pe ko e hā te tau fai.”

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