And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Revelation
ApocalypticWho shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
1 Peter
General EpistlesFor the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Numbers
LawSo Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews
General EpistlesFor it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis
Law / MosesNeither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
Judges
HistoryThe sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
1 Samuel
HistoryOur God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Joel
Minor ProphetsBut this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;