James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, [1] and set on fire by hell. [2]

Psalm 120:2-4

 2 Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.

 3 What shall be given to you,
and what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
 4 A warrior's sharp arrows,
with glowing coals of the broom tree!

Proverbs 16:27

27 A worthless man plots evil,
and his speech [3] is like a scorching fire.

Translation Notes

[1] 3:6 Or wheel of birth
[2] 3:6 Greek Gehenna
[3] 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips

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