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Proverbs 16:27
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27 Scoundrels concoct evil,
    and their speech is like a scorching fire.(A)

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Proverbs 16:27
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27 A scoundrel(A) plots evil,
    and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.(B)

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James 3:6
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6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](A)

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  1. 3.6 Gk Gehenna
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James 3:6
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6 The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)

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