James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!
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Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
2 Kings 19:22Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up yours eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Job 22:17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 52:1Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: 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 →