James 3:5

Boasteth great things — Hath great influence.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even so the tongue is a little member - Little compared with the body, as the bit or the rudder is, compared with the horse or the ship. And b...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. (5) Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! (5) On the contrary part he...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

boasteth . Greek. aucheo. Only here. great, &c. . much wood. Greek. hule . Only here. a little . how little a. kindleth . See Acts 28:...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

And boasteth great things. The verb μεγαλαυχεῖν means to boast one’s self, or to vaunt. But James in this passage did not intend to reprove o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! Boasteth great things - That is,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And boasteth great things— Though the word μεγαλαυχειν signifies in general to boast great things; yet here, to answer the two preceding comparis...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! Boasteth great things. W...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Control of the Tongue 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 23:7 ; Romans 2:19-20 ; 1 Corinthians 12...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Great power is exercised by small things like a horse's bridle and a rudder. So also the tongue, although small, is very powerful, and generally for...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even so... — Thus , like the tiny rudder of the mighty ship, whereon its course most critically depends — the tongue is a little member; for it...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:1-8...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Bridle the Tongue James 3:1-12 It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to obey our own precepts. Even the best of us...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to dea...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GUARDING OUR WORDS ‘Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth.’ James 3:5 St. James is nothing if not practical, and in this chapter...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even so the tongue is a little member ,.... Like the bit in the horse's mouth, or like the helm of a ship. And boasteth great things : and does th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! Ver. 5. Boasteth great thing...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , &c. As if the apostle had said, Think not the tongue a weak member because it is small; we put bits in the horses' mouths that they ma...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Government of the Tongue. A. D. 61. 1 My bre...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The accommodation of the former similitudes. The tongue is a little member, i.e. one of the lesser, in comparison of the body. And boasteth great...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So the tongue also is a little member, and boasts great things. See, how great a an area of brushwood is kindled by how small a fire!' He now bring...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:5 . A matter. —Better, “a forest.” The picture presented is of the wrapping of some vast forest in a flame...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caution against False Activity in Teaching and the Use of the Tongue. The danger of teaching and much speaking:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matterb a little fire kindleth!

Related Commentaries of James 3:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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