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James 3:5-6 KJV
James · chapter 3 · verses 5–6 · King James Version
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6And 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.James 3:5-6 · King James Version
James 3:5-6 in context
3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4Behold 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, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6And 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.
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Cross references
- Proverbs 18:21
- Jeremiah 9:3-8
- Proverbs 12:18
- Proverbs 15:2
- Psalms 17:10
- Psalms 73:8-9
- Psalms 12:2-4
- Psalms 52:1-2
- Psalms 120:2-3
- Proverbs 16:27
- Mark 7:15
- Matthew 15:11-20
Key words (Strong's)
- iniquityadikiainjustice, of a judge, unrighteousness of heart and life, a deed violating law and…G93 →
- defilethspiloōto defile, spotG4695 →
- tongueglōssathe tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech, a tongue, the language or dialect…G1100 →
- littlemikrossmall, little, of size hence of stature, of length, of space, of age less by birth…G3398 →
- membermelosa member, limb a member of the human body, of bodies given up to criminal intercourse…G3196 →
- Beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- matterhylēa forest, a wood, felled wood, fuelG5208 →
- littleoligoslittle, small, few, of number multitude, quantity, or size, of time short, of degree or…G3641 →
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