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James 3:6 KJV
James · chapter 3 · verse 6
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.James 3:6 · King James Version
James 3:6 in context
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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 120:2-3
- Proverbs 16:27
- Mark 7:15
- Matthew 15:11-20
- Mark 7:20-22
- Proverbs 15:1
- Luke 16:24
- Colossians 3:8-9
Key words (Strong's)
- iniquityadikiainjustice, of a judge, unrighteousness of heart and life, a deed violating law and…G93 →
- defilethspiloōto defile, spotG4695 →
- membersmelosa member, limb a member of the human body, of bodies given up to criminal intercourse…G3196 →
- tongueglōssathe tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech, a tongue, the language or dialect…G1100 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
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The foregoing chapter shows how unprofitable and dead faith is without works. It is plainly intimated by what this chapter first goes upon that such a faith is, however, apt to make men conceited and magisterial in their tempers and their talk.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12