James 3:6-9 The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.

Godbey⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell. ⁷ For every nature both of wild beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of oceanic animals, is subdued, and has been subjugated to human nature: ⁸ but no one of men is able to tame the tongue; an incorrigible evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless the Lord, even the Father; and with it we scold the people, who have been made after the image of God: