The Tongue

5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

See also: Proverbs 18:21, Jeremiah 9:3-8

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.

See also: Proverbs 18:21, Psalms 120:2-3

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:

See also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 9:2

8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

See also: Romans 3:13, Psalms 140:3

9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

See also: Genesis 1:26, Psalms 10:7

10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

See also: Romans 12:14, 1 Peter 3:9

21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

See also: Ephesians 4:29, Matthew 12:35-37

28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

See also: Proverbs 17:9, Proverbs 15:18

29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

See also: Proverbs 18:21, Colossians 4:6