James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Note Greek Gehenna
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.
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Note or, Hell
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the tongue
- Judges 12:4–6; 2 Samuel 19:43; 2 Samuel 20:1; 2 Chronicles 10:13–16; 2 Chronicles 13:17; Psalm 64:3; Psalm 140:3; Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 26:20, 21; Isaiah 30:27
- a world
- James 2:7; Genesis 3:4–6; Leviticus 24:11; Numbers 25:2; Numbers 31:16; Deuteronomy 13:6; Judges 16:15–20; 1 Samuel 22:9–17; 2 Samuel 13:26–29; 2 Samuel 15:2–6; 2 Samuel 16:20–23; 2 Samuel 17:1, 2; 1 Kings 21:5–15; Proverbs 1:10–14; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 7:5, 21–23; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 28:16; Matthew 12:24, 32–36; Matthew 15:11–20; Mark 7:15, 20–22; Mark 14:55–57; Acts 6:13; Acts 20:30; Romans 3:13, 14; Romans 16:17, 18; Ephesians 5:3, 4; Colossians 3:8, 9; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; Titus 1:11; 2 Peter 2:1, 2; 2 Peter 3:3; 3 John 1:10; Jude 1:8–10, 15–18; Revelation 2:14, 15; Revelation 13:1–5, 14; Revelation 18:23; Revelation 19:20
- it is
- Luke 16:24; Acts 5:3; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Revelation 12:9