James 3:5

5. Little… great More accurate and vivid rendering, according to Tischendorf’s pointing: Behold how little a fire, the tongue, kindleth a forest how great! As a fire, a world of iniquity, is the tongue placed among our members; bespotting the whole body, and inflaming the wheel of nature. The especial point is, that the smallness of the tongue should not blind us to the importance of controlling it by the conscience, but in fact arouse us to the thought of the greatness of its effects and the importance of its control. A little fire may result in the conflagration of how wide a prairie, or how great a city!