 | John Jackson - 1851 - 184 sider
...very strong and expressive language, the mischievous effects of an ill-regulated tongue. "Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 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... | |
 | Anna Delicia Hook - 1851 - 414 sider
...James says of it : — " Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things : behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! "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... | |
 | Robert Tyas - 1851 - 250 sider
...false tongue, which, though " a little member, boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter (wood) a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity it setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell." The tongues of slanderers... | |
 | Lady Catherine Long - 1853 - 1358 sider
...spoken it is another's. Unspoken — you are its master ; — spoken — it is your tyrant. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire ; a world of iniquity. ST. JAMBS III. 5-6. WHEN I returned on board, I found two letters waiting for me; one from Mary, the... | |
 | Susan Warner - 1853 - 868 sider
...the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a tDOrlb of illiqnitj} : so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth... | |
 | Home Sunday library - 1854 - 232 sider
...cause which led to so much passion ; she now began to think of such verses as these : " Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! and the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, an unruly evil which no man can tame," James iii. 5 ; " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous... | |
 | Hints - 1854 - 154 sider
...upon many servants. " The tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things." "Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth." "And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." Saint James has well described that "little member," in the... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 sider
...spirit.-- Proverbs, xv. 2, 4. The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 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... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1855 - 510 sider
...St. James say of the tongue? A. The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 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... | |
 | 1855 - 902 sider
...retain its fire! The Apostle James uses a similar figure when he speaks of an evil tongue: "Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. It setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell !" Not only in the hearts of... | |
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Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 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... 
