5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet [Ps. 12:3,4;73:8,9]it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And Ps. 120:2-4;Prov. 16:27the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, Matt. 15:18staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,3:6 Or wheel of birth and set on fire by hell.3:6 Greek Gehenna
17 But [1 Cor. 2:6,7] the wisdom from above is first pure, then Heb. 12:11peaceable, gentle, open to reason, [Luke 6:36] full of mercy and good fruits, ch. 2:4(Gk.)impartial and Rom. 12:9sincere.