5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet hit boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
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Related Verses
Psalm 12:3–4
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Psalm 73:8–9
They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
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