James 3:6 - Forerunner Commentary

James 3:6

4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.

5 Even so ^athe tongue is a little member and ^bboasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

6 And ^athe tongue is a fire, a world of¹ iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it ^bdefiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of² nature; and it is set on fire by³ hell.

7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, ^afull of deadly poison.

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Definitions of words in James 3:6:

Body {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Course {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fire {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Fire {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hell {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hell {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Iniquity {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Nature {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Set {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tongue {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing James 3:6:

Coal {Easton's}
Gehenna {Easton's}
Busybody {I.S.B.E.}
Course {I.S.B.E.}
Defile; Defilement {I.S.B.E.}
Eschatology Of The New Testament, Vi-x {I.S.B.E.}
Fire {I.S.B.E.}
Gehenna {I.S.B.E.}
James, Epistle Of {I.S.B.E.}
Natural; Nature {I.S.B.E.}
Uncleanness {I.S.B.E.}
Wheel {I.S.B.E.}
Wisdom {I.S.B.E.}

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