Jam 3:6 | HCSB | STEP | And the tongue is a fire . The tongue , a world of unrighteousness , is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body , sets the course of life on fire , and is set on fire by hell .

James 3:6

6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, ^a sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by ^{▼▼hell/hellfire: Greek Gehenna; Aramaic for Valley of Hinnom on the south side of Jerusalem; it was formerly a place of human sacrifice and in NT times a place for the burning of garbage; the place of final judgment for those rejecting Christ.}hell.