9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Jas 3:6 — 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 of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
• Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
• Jer 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
• Jer 9:8 — Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
• Prov 6:19 — A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
• Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
• Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
• Prov 24:28 — Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
• Prov 26:18 — As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
• Ps 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Ps 120:3 — What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?