James 3:5 In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a smal...

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Amplified Bible - In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!
新标点和合本 - 这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 同样，舌头是小肢体，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点燃最大的树林。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 同样，舌头是小肢体，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点燃最大的树林。
当代译本 - 同样，人的舌头虽然很小，却能说夸大的话。看啊，小火星能点燃大森林。
圣经新译本 - 照样，舌头虽然是个小肢体，却会说夸大的话。　试看，星星之火，可以燎原；
中文标准译本 - 照样，舌头虽然是身体上一个小小的部分，却能大大地自夸。看哪，那么小的火，能点燃那么大的森林！
现代标点和合本 - 这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林！
和合本（拼音版） - 这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林。
New International Version - Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
New International Reader's Version - In the same way, the tongue is a small part of a person’s body. But it talks big. Think about how a small spark can set a big forest on fire.
English Standard Version - So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
New Living Translation - In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.
The Message - It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
Christian Standard Bible - So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest.
New American Standard Bible - So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
New King James Version - Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
American Standard Version - So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
King James Version - Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
New English Translation - So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.
World English Bible - So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
新標點和合本 - 這樣，舌頭在百體裏也是最小的，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點着最大的樹林。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 同樣，舌頭是小肢體，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點燃最大的樹林。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 同樣，舌頭是小肢體，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點燃最大的樹林。
當代譯本 - 同樣，人的舌頭雖然很小，卻能說誇大的話。看啊，小火星能點燃大森林。
聖經新譯本 - 照樣，舌頭雖然是個小肢體，卻會說誇大的話。　試看，星星之火，可以燎原；
呂振中譯本 - 舌頭也是這樣。舌頭是個小肢體，竟能誇說大事呢。你看，多麼小的火能點????多麼大堆的樹林木料啊！
中文標準譯本 - 照樣，舌頭雖然是身體上一個小小的部分，卻能大大地自誇。看哪，那麼小的火，能點燃那麼大的森林！
現代標點和合本 - 這樣，舌頭在百體裡也是最小的，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點著最大的樹林！
文理和合譯本 - 如是、舌為小體、而誇大焉、些須之火、能燃若大之林、
文理委辦譯本 - 舌雖小而能誇大、薪甚多、微火可燃、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 如是舌為小體、而能誇大、薪甚多、薪甚多或作林甚茂微火可燃、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 舌在人身、亦復如是其形雖小、其誇實大。星星之火、可以燎原；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así también la lengua es un miembro muy pequeño del cuerpo, pero hace alarde de grandes hazañas. ¡Imagínense qué gran bosque se incendia con tan pequeña chispa!
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 사람의 혀도 몸의 작은 부분에 불과하지만 그것을 잘못 사용하면 큰 손해를 가져옵니다. 작은 불씨가 큰 숲을 태우지 않습니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но он много хвастается. Взгляни – большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
Восточный перевод - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но как велики его претензии! Взгляни, большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но как велики его претензии! Взгляни, большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но как велики его претензии! Взгляни, большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il en va de même pour la langue : c’est un petit organe, mais elle se vante de grandes choses. Ne suffit-il pas d’un petit feu pour incendier une vaste forêt ?
リビングバイブル - 同様に舌もちっぽけなものですが、使い方を誤ると、途方もなく大きな害を生じます。小さな火が大きな森林を焼き尽くします。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ. ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν, καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ. ἰδοὺ, ἡλίκον πῦρ, ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.
Nova Versão Internacional - Semelhantemente, a língua é um pequeno órgão do corpo, mas se vangloria de grandes coisas. Vejam como um grande bosque é incendiado por uma simples fagulha.
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso ist es mit unserer Zunge. So klein sie auch ist, so groß ist ihre Wirkung! Ein kleiner Funke setzt einen ganzen Wald in Brand.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cũng vậy, cái lưỡi tuy rất nhỏ, nhưng có thể gây thiệt hại lớn lao. Một đốm lửa nhỏ có thể đốt cháy cả khu rừng rộng lớn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ลิ้นก็เช่นกันเป็นอวัยวะเล็กๆ แต่ชอบคุยโวโอ้อวด คิดดูเถิด ประกายไฟนิดเดียวอาจเผาป่าใหญ่ได้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ลิ้นก็เช่นเดียวกัน เป็นส่วนเล็กของร่างกาย แต่ยังโอ้อวดเรื่องที่ยิ่งใหญ่ ดูเถิดว่า ป่าใหญ่ถูกไฟไหม้ได้ด้วยเปลวไฟเล็กๆ

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Ezekiel 29:3 - Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, [Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
Exodus 5:2 - But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”
Daniel 3:15 - Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be thrown at once into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you out of my hands?”
Daniel 4:30 - The king said thoughtfully, ‘Is not this the great Babylon which I myself have built as the royal residence and seat of government by the might of my power and for the honor and glory of my majesty?’
Job 21:14 - Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
Job 21:15 - Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
2 Kings 19:22 - Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
2 Kings 19:23 - Through your messengers you have taunted and defied the Lord, And have said [boastfully], “With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees. I entered its most distant lodging, its densest forest.
2 Kings 19:24 - I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of [the Lower Nile of] Egypt.”
2 Peter 2:18 - For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
Exodus 15:9 - The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied against them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’
Job 22:17 - They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do for us or to us?’
Revelation 13:5 - And the beast was given a mouth (the power of speech), uttering great things and arrogant and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom and authority to act and to do as he pleased for forty-two months (three and a half years).
Revelation 13:6 - And he opened his mouth to speak blasphemies (abusive speech, slander) against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, and those who live in heaven.
Jude 1:16 - These people are [habitual] murmurers, griping and complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to gain an advantage.
Ezekiel 28:2 - “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because your heart is lifted up And you have said and thought, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are [only] a man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God, Though you [imagine yourself to be more than mortal and] think your mind is as [wise as] the mind of God—
Jeremiah 18:18 - Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”
Psalms 12:2 - They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalms 12:3 - May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
Psalms 12:4 - Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”
Psalms 10:3 - For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
Proverbs 12:18 - There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Psalms 52:1 - Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
Psalms 52:2 - Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 15:2 - The tongue of the wise speaks knowledge that is pleasing and acceptable, But the [babbling] mouth of fools spouts folly.
Psalms 73:8 - They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak loftily [with malice].
Psalms 73:9 - They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue swaggers through the earth.
Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
Psalms 17:10 - They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion]; With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.
Jeremiah 9:3 - “They bend their tongue like their bow; [Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:4 - “Let everyone beware of his neighbor And do not trust any brother. For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel], And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Jeremiah 9:5 - Everyone deceives and mocks his neighbor And does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They exhaust themselves with sin and cruelty.
Jeremiah 9:6 - Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit]; Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:7 - Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I will refine them [through suffering] and test them; For how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?
Jeremiah 9:8 - Their tongue is a murderous arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.

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Amplified Bible - In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!
新标点和合本 - 这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 同样，舌头是小肢体，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点燃最大的树林。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 同样，舌头是小肢体，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点燃最大的树林。
当代译本 - 同样，人的舌头虽然很小，却能说夸大的话。看啊，小火星能点燃大森林。
圣经新译本 - 照样，舌头虽然是个小肢体，却会说夸大的话。　试看，星星之火，可以燎原；
中文标准译本 - 照样，舌头虽然是身体上一个小小的部分，却能大大地自夸。看哪，那么小的火，能点燃那么大的森林！
现代标点和合本 - 这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林！
和合本（拼音版） - 这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林。
New International Version - Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
New International Reader's Version - In the same way, the tongue is a small part of a person’s body. But it talks big. Think about how a small spark can set a big forest on fire.
English Standard Version - So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
New Living Translation - In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.
The Message - It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
Christian Standard Bible - So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest.
New American Standard Bible - So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
New King James Version - Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
American Standard Version - So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
King James Version - Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
New English Translation - So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.
World English Bible - So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
新標點和合本 - 這樣，舌頭在百體裏也是最小的，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點着最大的樹林。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 同樣，舌頭是小肢體，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點燃最大的樹林。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 同樣，舌頭是小肢體，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點燃最大的樹林。
當代譯本 - 同樣，人的舌頭雖然很小，卻能說誇大的話。看啊，小火星能點燃大森林。
聖經新譯本 - 照樣，舌頭雖然是個小肢體，卻會說誇大的話。　試看，星星之火，可以燎原；
呂振中譯本 - 舌頭也是這樣。舌頭是個小肢體，竟能誇說大事呢。你看，多麼小的火能點????多麼大堆的樹林木料啊！
中文標準譯本 - 照樣，舌頭雖然是身體上一個小小的部分，卻能大大地自誇。看哪，那麼小的火，能點燃那麼大的森林！
現代標點和合本 - 這樣，舌頭在百體裡也是最小的，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點著最大的樹林！
文理和合譯本 - 如是、舌為小體、而誇大焉、些須之火、能燃若大之林、
文理委辦譯本 - 舌雖小而能誇大、薪甚多、微火可燃、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 如是舌為小體、而能誇大、薪甚多、薪甚多或作林甚茂微火可燃、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 舌在人身、亦復如是其形雖小、其誇實大。星星之火、可以燎原；
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así también la lengua es un miembro muy pequeño del cuerpo, pero hace alarde de grandes hazañas. ¡Imagínense qué gran bosque se incendia con tan pequeña chispa!
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 사람의 혀도 몸의 작은 부분에 불과하지만 그것을 잘못 사용하면 큰 손해를 가져옵니다. 작은 불씨가 큰 숲을 태우지 않습니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но он много хвастается. Взгляни – большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
Восточный перевод - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но как велики его претензии! Взгляни, большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но как велики его претензии! Взгляни, большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так же и язык: это маленький орган, но как велики его претензии! Взгляни, большой лесной пожар начинается с маленькой искры.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il en va de même pour la langue : c’est un petit organe, mais elle se vante de grandes choses. Ne suffit-il pas d’un petit feu pour incendier une vaste forêt ?
リビングバイブル - 同様に舌もちっぽけなものですが、使い方を誤ると、途方もなく大きな害を生じます。小さな火が大きな森林を焼き尽くします。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ. ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν, καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ. ἰδοὺ, ἡλίκον πῦρ, ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.
Nova Versão Internacional - Semelhantemente, a língua é um pequeno órgão do corpo, mas se vangloria de grandes coisas. Vejam como um grande bosque é incendiado por uma simples fagulha.
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso ist es mit unserer Zunge. So klein sie auch ist, so groß ist ihre Wirkung! Ein kleiner Funke setzt einen ganzen Wald in Brand.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cũng vậy, cái lưỡi tuy rất nhỏ, nhưng có thể gây thiệt hại lớn lao. Một đốm lửa nhỏ có thể đốt cháy cả khu rừng rộng lớn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ลิ้นก็เช่นกันเป็นอวัยวะเล็กๆ แต่ชอบคุยโวโอ้อวด คิดดูเถิด ประกายไฟนิดเดียวอาจเผาป่าใหญ่ได้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ลิ้นก็เช่นเดียวกัน เป็นส่วนเล็กของร่างกาย แต่ยังโอ้อวดเรื่องที่ยิ่งใหญ่ ดูเถิดว่า ป่าใหญ่ถูกไฟไหม้ได้ด้วยเปลวไฟเล็กๆ

Ezekiel 29:3 - Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, [Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
Exodus 5:2 - But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.”
Daniel 3:15 - Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be thrown at once into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you out of my hands?”
Daniel 4:30 - The king said thoughtfully, ‘Is not this the great Babylon which I myself have built as the royal residence and seat of government by the might of my power and for the honor and glory of my majesty?’
Job 21:14 - Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
Job 21:15 - Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
2 Kings 19:22 - Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
2 Kings 19:23 - Through your messengers you have taunted and defied the Lord, And have said [boastfully], “With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees. I entered its most distant lodging, its densest forest.
2 Kings 19:24 - I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of [the Lower Nile of] Egypt.”
2 Peter 2:18 - For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
Exodus 15:9 - The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied against them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’
Job 22:17 - They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do for us or to us?’
Revelation 13:5 - And the beast was given a mouth (the power of speech), uttering great things and arrogant and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom and authority to act and to do as he pleased for forty-two months (three and a half years).
Revelation 13:6 - And he opened his mouth to speak blasphemies (abusive speech, slander) against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, and those who live in heaven.
Jude 1:16 - These people are [habitual] murmurers, griping and complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to gain an advantage.
Ezekiel 28:2 - “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because your heart is lifted up And you have said and thought, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are [only] a man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God, Though you [imagine yourself to be more than mortal and] think your mind is as [wise as] the mind of God—
Jeremiah 18:18 - Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”
Psalms 12:2 - They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalms 12:3 - May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
Psalms 12:4 - Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”
Psalms 10:3 - For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
Proverbs 12:18 - There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Psalms 52:1 - Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
Psalms 52:2 - Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 15:2 - The tongue of the wise speaks knowledge that is pleasing and acceptable, But the [babbling] mouth of fools spouts folly.
Psalms 73:8 - They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak loftily [with malice].
Psalms 73:9 - They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue swaggers through the earth.
Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
Psalms 17:10 - They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion]; With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.
Jeremiah 9:3 - “They bend their tongue like their bow; [Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:4 - “Let everyone beware of his neighbor And do not trust any brother. For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel], And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Jeremiah 9:5 - Everyone deceives and mocks his neighbor And does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They exhaust themselves with sin and cruelty.
Jeremiah 9:6 - Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit]; Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:7 - Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I will refine them [through suffering] and test them; For how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?
Jeremiah 9:8 - Their tongue is a murderous arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.