James 3:6 Cross References

James 3:6

6: And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness that can ruin your whole life. It can turn the entire course of your life into a blazing flame of destruction, for it is set on fire by hell itself.

Psalms 120:2

  1. Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people.
  2. O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?

Proverbs 16:27

  1. Scoundrels hunt for scandal; their words are a destructive blaze.

Mark 7:15

  1. You are not defiled by what you eat; you are defiled by what you say and do! "

Matthew 15:11

  1. You are not defiled by what you eat; you are defiled by what you say and do. "
  2. Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?"
  3. Jesus replied, "Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be rooted up,
  4. so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch."
  5. Then Peter asked Jesus, "Explain what you meant when you said people aren't defiled by what they eat."

Luke 16:24

  1. "The rich man shouted, 'Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in these flames.'

Mark 7:20

  1. And then he added, "It is the thought-life that defiles you.
  2. For from within, out of a person's heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
  3. adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, eagerness for lustful pleasure, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

Colossians 3:8

  1. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.
  2. Don't lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old evil nature and all its wicked deeds.

Proverbs 15:1

  1. A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.

3 John 1:10

  1. When I come, I will report some of the things he is doing and the wicked things he is saying about us. He not only refuses to welcome the traveling teachers, he also tells others not to help them. And when they do help, he puts them out of the church.

James 2:7

  1. Aren't they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name you bear?

2 Thessalonians 2:9

  1. This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
  2. He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them.
  3. So God will send great deception upon them, and they will believe all these lies.
  4. Then they will be condemned for not believing the truth and for enjoying the evil they do.

Jude 1:8

  1. Yet these false teachers, who claim authority from their dreams, live immoral lives, defy authority, and scoff at the power of the glorious ones.
  2. But even Michael, one of the mightiest of the angels, did not dare accuse Satan of blasphemy, but simply said, "The Lord rebuke you." (This took place when Michael was arguing with Satan about Moses' body.)
  3. But these people mock and curse the things they do not understand. Like animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and they bring about their own destruction.

Matthew 12:32

  1. Anyone who blasphemes against me, the Son of Man, can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come.
  2. "A tree is identified by its fruit. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit will be bad.
  3. You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
  4. A good person produces good words from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil words from an evil heart.
  5. And I tell you this, that you must give an account on judgment day of every idle word you speak.

Matthew 5:22

  1. But I say, if you are angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the high council. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.

Jeremiah 28:16

  1. Therefore, the LORD says you must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD."

2 Corinthians 11:13

  1. These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
  2. But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
  3. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

Revelation 19:20

  1. And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast--miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

1 Kings 21:5

  1. "What in the world is the matter?" his wife, Jezebel, asked him. "What has made you so upset that you are not eating?"
  2. "I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or to trade it, and he refused!" Ahab told her.
  3. "Are you the king of Israel or not?" Jezebel asked. "Get up and eat and don't worry about it. I'll get you Naboth's vineyard!"
  4. So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the city where Naboth lived.
  5. In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer and give Naboth a place of honor.

Judges 16:15

  1. Then Delilah pouted, "How can you say you love me when you don't confide in me? You've made fun of me three times now, and you still haven't told me what makes you so strong!"
  2. So day after day she nagged him until he couldn't stand it any longer.
  3. Finally, Samson told her his secret. "My hair has never been cut," he confessed, "for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else."
  4. Delilah realized he had finally told her the truth, so she sent for the Philistine leaders. "Come back one more time," she said, "for he has told me everything." So the Philistine leaders returned and brought the money with them.
  5. Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and she called in a man to shave off his hair, making his capture certain. And his strength left him.

Proverbs 1:10

  1. My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!
  2. They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Let's ambush the innocent!
  3. Let's swallow them alive as the grave swallows its victims. Though they are in the prime of life, they will go down into the pit of death.
  4. And the loot we'll get! We'll fill our houses with all kinds of things!
  5. Come on, throw in your lot with us; we'll split our loot with you."

Matthew 12:24

  1. But when the Pharisees heard about the miracle, they said, "No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan, the prince of demons."

2 Samuel 19:43

  1. "But there are ten tribes in Israel," the others replied. "So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. Why did you treat us with such contempt? Remember, we were the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again." The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah were very harsh in their replies.
  2. Then a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, blew a trumpet and shouted, "We have nothing to do with David. We want no part of this son of Jesse. Come on, you men of Israel, let's all go home!"

2 Peter 3:3

  1. First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire.

Revelation 13:14

  1. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

Romans 16:17

  1. And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people's faith by teaching things that are contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.
  2. Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.

Psalms 64:3

  1. Sharp tongues are the swords they wield; bitter words are the arrows they aim.

Proverbs 26:20

  1. Fire goes out for lack of fuel, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
  2. A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.

Revelation 2:14

  1. And yet I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you who are like Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to worship idols by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.
  2. In the same way, you have some Nicolaitans among you--people who follow the same teaching and commit the same sins.

Judges 12:4

  1. The leaders of Ephraim responded, "The men of Gilead are nothing more than rejects from Ephraim and Manasseh." So Jephthah called out his army and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them.
  2. Jephthah captured the shallows of the Jordan, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him. "Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?" they would ask. If the man said, "No, I'm not,"
  3. they would tell him to say "Shibboleth." If he was from Ephraim, he would say "Sibboleth," because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallows of the Jordan River. So forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

Isaiah 30:27

  1. Look! The LORD is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by a thick, rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire.

Numbers 31:16

  1. "These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD's people.

Romans 3:13

  1. "Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their speech is filled with lies.The poison of a deadly snake drips from their lips."
  2. "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

2 Chronicles 10:13

  1. But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors
  2. and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, "My father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!"
  3. So the king paid no attention to the people's demands. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the prophecy of the LORD spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
  4. When all Israel realized that the king had rejected their request, they shouted, "Down with David and his dynasty! We have no share in Jesse's son! Let's go home, Israel! Look out for your own house, O David!" So all Israel returned home.

Revelation 12:9

  1. This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.

Proverbs 6:19

  1. a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers.

2 Chronicles 13:17

  1. Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; there were 500,000 casualties among Israel's finest troops that day.

Jude 1:15

  1. He will bring the people of the world to judgment. He will convict the ungodly of all the evil things they have done in rebellion and of all the insults that godless sinners have spoken against him."
  2. These people are grumblers and complainers, doing whatever evil they feel like. They are loudmouthed braggarts, and they flatter others to get favors in return.
  3. But you, my dear friends, must remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ told you,
  4. that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to enjoy themselves in every evil way imaginable.

Ephesians 5:3

  1. Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God's people.
  2. Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes--these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.

Acts 20:30

  1. Even some of you will distort the truth in order to draw a following.

Acts 5:3

  1. Then Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself.

2 Peter 2:1

  1. But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach their destructive heresies about God and even turn against their Master who bought them. Theirs will be a swift and terrible end.
  2. Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of them, Christ and his true way will be slandered.

Revelation 18:23

  1. Her nights will be dark, without a single lamp. There will be no happy voices of brides and grooms. This will happen because her merchants, who were the greatest in the world, deceived the nations with her sorceries.

Psalms 140:3

  1. Their tongues sting like a snake; the poison of a viper drips from their lips.

2 Samuel 16:20

  1. Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him, "What should I do next?"
  2. Ahithophel told him, "Go and sleep with your father's concubines, for he has left them here to keep the house. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted him beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will give you their support."
  3. So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went into the tent to sleep with his father's concubines.
  4. Absalom followed Ahithophel's advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.
  5. Now Ahithophel urged Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men to start out after David tonight.

Mark 14:55

  1. Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would testify against Jesus, so they could put him to death. But their efforts were in vain.
  2. Many false witnesses spoke against him, but they contradicted each other.
  3. Finally, some men stood up to testify against him with this lie:

Revelation 13:1

  1. And now in my vision I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God.
  2. This beast looked like a leopard, but it had bear's feet and a lion's mouth! And the dragon gave him his own power and throne and great authority.
  3. I saw that one of the heads of the beast seemed wounded beyond recovery--but the fatal wound was healed! All the world marveled at this miracle and followed the beast in awe.
  4. They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, and they worshiped the beast. "Is there anyone as great as the beast?" they exclaimed. "Who is able to fight against him?"
  5. Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do what he wanted for forty-two months.

2 Samuel 13:26

  1. "Well, then," Absalom said, "if you can't come, how about sending my brother Amnon instead?Why Amnon?" the king asked.
  2. But Absalom kept on pressing the king until he finally agreed to let all his sons attend, including Amnon.
  3. Absalom told his men, "Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don't be afraid. I'm the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!"
  4. So at Absalom's signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.

Proverbs 7:21

  1. So she seduced him with her pretty speech. With her flattery she enticed him.
  2. He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter or like a trapped stag,
  3. awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.

Titus 1:11

  1. They must be silenced. By their wrong teaching, they have already turned whole families away from the truth. Such teachers only want your money.

Jeremiah 20:10

  1. I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me "The Man Who Lives in Terror." And they say, "If you say anything, we will report it." Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip. "He will trap himself," they say, "and then we will get our revenge on him."

Acts 6:13

  1. The lying witnesses said, "This man is always speaking against the Temple and against the law of Moses.

2 Samuel 15:2

  1. He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.
  2. Then Absalom would say, "You've really got a strong case here! It's too bad the king doesn't have anyone to hear it.
  3. I wish I were the judge. Then people could bring their problems to me, and I would give them justice!"
  4. And when people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn't let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and embraced them.
  5. So in this way, Absalom stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.

1 Samuel 22:9

  1. Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul's men, spoke up. "When I was at Nob," he said, "I saw David talking to Ahimelech the priest.
  2. Ahimelech consulted the LORD to find out what David should do. Then he gave David food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
  3. King Saul immediately sent for Ahimelech and all his family, who served as priests at Nob.
  4. When they arrived, Saul shouted at him, "Listen to me, you son of Ahitub!What is it, my king?" Ahimelech asked.
  5. "Why have you and David conspired against me?" Saul demanded. "Why did you give him food and a sword? Why have you inquired of God for him? Why did you encourage him to revolt against me and to come here and attack me?"

Deuteronomy 13:6

  1. "Suppose your brother, son, daughter, beloved wife, or closest friend comes to you secretly and says, `Let us go worship other gods'--gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.

Numbers 25:2

  1. These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, and soon the Israelites were feasting with them and worshiping the gods of Moab.

Leviticus 24:11

  1. During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the LORD's name. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother's name was Shelomith. She was the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.

Proverbs 7:5

  1. Let them hold you back from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of an adulterous woman.

Genesis 3:4

  1. "You won't die!" the serpent hissed.
  2. "God knows that your eyes will be opened when you eat it. You will become just like God, knowing everything, both good and evil."
  3. The woman was convinced. The fruit looked so fresh and delicious, and it would make her so wise! So she ate some of the fruit. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. Then he ate it, too.
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