Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like
The use of the tongue as a metaphor for speech is common in Scripture, highlighting the power of words to harm or heal (Proverbs 18:21). This phrase connects to other scriptures that warn against the dangers of the tongue, such as James 3:6-8. It also foreshadows the false testimonies...
Treasury of Scripture Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lays his wait. tongue. Jeremiah 9:3,5 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon...
a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land wherein you shall eat without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you may dig brass. And...
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon. Treasury of Scripture And the fifth angel poured out his vial on the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, ...