James 3:6

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James 3:6 (WEB)
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

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Jerome, Letters Letter 130
“Our foe uses the heat of youthful passion to tempt young men and maidens and “sets on fire the wheel of our birth.”” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 6, R.V. marg.
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