Jer 18:18, Jam 3:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Then they said , Come , let us make plots against Jeremiah , for the law shall not perish from the priest , nor counsel from the wise , nor the word from the prophet . Come , let us strike him with the tongue , and let us not pay attention to any of his words .

Jeremiah 18:18

18 Then they said, ^a“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, ^bfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. ^cCome, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

James 3:5-6

5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet ^dit boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And ^ethe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^fstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna}