Jam 3:6 | ISV | STEP | The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:6

6 The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Gk. Gehenna, a reference to the realm of the dead}Prov 16:27; Matt 15:11, 18-20; Mark 7:15, 20, 23