Verse 5
None So{G3779} the tongue{G1100} also{G2532} is{G2076} a little{G3398} member,{G3196} and{G2532} boasteth great things.{G3166} Behold,{G2400} how much{G2245} wood{G5208} is kindled{G381} by how small{G3641} a fire!{G4442}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 9:3-8 : 3 And they bend{H1869} their tongue,{H3956} [as it were] their bow,{H7198} for falsehood;{H8267} and they are grown strong{H1396} in the land,{H776} but not for truth:{H530} for they proceed{H3318} from evil{H7451} to evil,{H7451} and they know{H3045} not me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 4 Take ye heed{H8104} every one{H376} of his neighbor,{H7453} and trust{H982} ye not in any brother;{H251} for every brother{H251} will utterly{H6117} supplant,{H6117} and every neighbor{H7453} will go{H1980} about with slanders.{H7400} 5 And they will deceive{H2048} every one{H376} his neighbor,{H7453} and will not speak{H1696} the truth:{H571} they have taught{H3925} their tongue{H3956} to speak{H1696} lies;{H8267} they weary{H3811} themselves to commit iniquity.{H5753} 6 Thy habitation{H3427} is in the midst{H8432} of deceit;{H4820} through deceit{H4820} they refuse{H3985} to know{H3045} me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 7 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} Behold, I will melt{H6884} them, and try{H974} them; for how [else] should I do,{H6213} because{H6440} of the daughter{H1323} of my people?{H5971} 8 Their tongue{H3956} is a deadly{H7819} arrow;{H2671} it speaketh{H1696} deceit:{H4820} one speaketh{H1696} peaceably{H7965} to his neighbor{H7453} with his mouth,{H6310} but in his heart{H7130} he layeth{H7760} wait{H696} for him.
- Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed{H5462} in their own fat:{H2459} With their mouth{H6310} they speak{H1696} proudly.{H1348}
- Ps 52:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest{H1984} thou thyself in mischief,{H7451} O mighty{H1368} man? The lovingkindness{H2617} of God{H410} [endureth] continually.{H3117} 2 Thy tongue{H3956} deviseth{H2803} very wickedness,{H1942} Like a sharp{H3913} razor,{H8593} working{H6213} deceitfully.{H7423}
- Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They scoff,{H4167} and in wickedness{H7451} utter{H1696} oppression:{H6233} They speak{H1696} loftily.{H4791} 9 They have set{H8371} their mouth{H6310} in the heavens,{H8064} And their tongue{H3956} walketh{H1980} through the earth.{H776}
- Prov 12:18 : 18 There is{H3426} that speaketh{H981} rashly like the piercings{H4094} of a sword;{H2719} But the tongue{H3956} of the wise{H2450} is health.{H4832}
- Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue{H3956} of the wise{H2450} uttereth knowledge{H1847} aright;{H3190} But the mouth{H6310} of fools{H3684} poureth out{H5042} folly.{H200}
- Prov 18:21 : 21 Death{H4194} and life{H2416} are in the power{H3027} of the tongue;{H3956} And they that love{H157} it shall eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} thereof.
- Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said{H559} they, Come,{H3212} and let us devise{H2803} devices{H4284} against Jeremiah;{H3414} for the law{H8451} shall not perish{H6} from the priest,{H3548} nor counsel{H6098} from the wise,{H2450} nor the word{H1697} from the prophet.{H5030} Come,{H3212} and let us smite{H5221} him with the tongue,{H3956} and let us not give heed{H7181} to any of his words.{H1697}
- Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto the prince{H5057} of Tyre,{H6865} Thus says{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because your heart{H3820} is lifted up,{H1361} and you have said,{H559} I am a god,{H410} I sit{H3427} in the seat{H4186} of God,{H430} in the midst{H3820} of the seas;{H3220} yet you are man,{H120} and not God,{H410} though you did set{H5414} your heart{H3820} as the heart{H3820} of God;—{H430}
- Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked{H7563} boasteth{H1984} of his heart's{H5315} desire,{H8378} And the covetous{H1214} renounceth,{H1288} [yea], contemneth{H5006} Jehovah.{H3068}
- Ps 12:2-4 : 2 They speak{H1696} falsehood{H7723} every one{H376} with his neighbor:{H7453} With flattering{H2513} lip,{H8193} and with a double{H3820} heart,{H3820} do they speak.{H1696} 3 Jehovah{H3068} will cut off{H3772} all flattering{H2513} lips,{H8193} The tongue{H3956} that speaketh{H1696} great{H1419} things; 4 Who have said,{H559} With our tongue{H3956} will we prevail;{H1396} Our lips{H8193} are our own: Who is lord{H113} over us?
- Rev 13:5-6 : 5 and{G2532} there was given{G1325} to him{G846} a mouth{G4750} speaking{G2980} great things{G3173} and{G2532} blasphemies;{G988} and{G2532} there was given{G1325} to him{G846} authority{G1849} to continue{G4160} forty{G5062} and two{G1417} months.{G3376} 6 And{G2532} he opened{G455} his{G846} mouth{G4750} for{G1519} blasphemies{G988} against{G4314} God,{G2316} to blaspheme{G987} his{G846} name,{G3686} and{G2532} his{G846} tabernacle,{G4633} [even]{G2532} them{G3588} that dwell{G4637} in{G1722} the heaven.{G3772}
- Jude 1:16 : 16 These{G3778} are{G1526} murmurers,{G1113} complainers,{G3202} walking{G4198} after{G2596} their lusts{G1939} (and{G2532} their{G846} mouth{G4750} speaketh{G2980} great swelling{G5246} [words]), showing{G2296} respect{G2296} of{G5484} persons{G4383} for the sake of{G5484} advantage.{G5622}
- Dan 3:15 : 15 Now{H3705} if{H2006} ye be{H383} ready{H6263} that at what time{H5732} ye hear{H8086} the sound{H7032} of the cornet,{H7162} flute,{H4953} harp,{H7030} sackbut,{H5443} psaltery,{H6460} and dulcimer,{H5481} and all{H3606} kinds{H2178} of music,{H2170} ye fall down{H5308} and worship{H5457} the image{H6755} which I have made,{H5648} [well]: but if{H2006} ye worship{H5457} not,{H3809} ye shall be cast{H7412} the same hour{H8160} into the midst{H1459} of a burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace;{H861} and who{H4479} is that god{H426} that shall deliver{H7804} you out of{H4481} my hands?{H3028}
- Dan 4:30 : 30 The king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Is{H576} not{H3809} this{H1932} great{H7229} Babylon,{H895} which I{H576} have built{H1124} for the royal{H4437} dwelling-place, by the might{H8632} of my power{H2632} and for the glory{H3367} of my majesty?{H1923}
- 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For,{G1063} uttering{G5350} great swelling{G5246} [words] of vanity,{G3153} they entice{G1185} in{G1722} the lusts{G1939} of the flesh,{G4561} by lasciviousness,{G766} those who are just{G3689} escaping{G668} from them that live{G390} in{G1722} error;{G4106}
- Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy{H341} said,{H559} I will pursue,{H7291} I will overtake,{H5381} I will divide{H2505} the spoil;{H7998} My desire{H5315} shall be satisfied{H4390} upon them; I will draw{H7324} my sword,{H2719} my hand{H3027} shall destroy{H3423} them.
- 2 Kgs 19:22-24 : 22 Whom hast thou defied{H2778} and blasphemed?{H1442} and against whom hast thou exalted{H7311} thy voice{H6963} and lifted up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} on high?{H4791} [even] against the Holy{H6918} One of Israel.{H3478} 23 By{H3027} thy messengers{H4397} thou hast defied{H2778} the Lord,{H136} and hast said,{H559} With the multitude{H7230} of my chariots{H7393} am I come up{H5927} to the height{H4791} of the mountains,{H2022} to the innermost parts{H3411} of Lebanon;{H3844} and I will cut down{H3772} the tall{H6967} cedars{H730} thereof, and the choice{H4004} fir-trees{H1265} thereof; and I will enter{H935} into his farthest{H7093} lodging-place,{H4411} the forest{H3293} of his fruitful field.{H3760} 24 I have digged{H6979} and drunk{H8354} strange{H2114} waters,{H4325} and with the sole{H3709} of my feet{H6471} will I dry{H2717} up all the rivers{H2975} of Egypt.{H4693}
- Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say{H559} unto God,{H410} Depart{H5493} from us; For we desire{H2654} not the knowledge{H1847} of thy ways.{H1870} 15 What is the Almighty,{H7706} that we should serve{H5647} him? And what profit{H3276} should we have, if we pray{H6293} unto him?
- Job 22:17 : 17 Who said{H559} unto God,{H410} Depart{H5493} from us; And, What can the Almighty{H7706} do{H6466} for us?