5 Even so Prov. 12:18; 15:2; James 1:26the tongue is a little member and Ps. 12:3; 73:8boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And Ps. 120:2, 3; Prov. 16:27the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (Matt. 12:36; 15:11, 18)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
17 But 1 Cor. 2:6, 7the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, James 2:1without partiality Rom. 12:9; 2 Cor. 6:6; 1 Pet. 1:22and without hypocrisy.