{"id": "card_n_c98e4733373b", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Tongue", "body": "Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, set on fire of hell. One small spark in a dry forest in summer. The forest was a hundred years growing. The fire is an afternoon.\n\nAsk yourself: What spark did you carry today that could burn a forest?\n\nFLOOR — protect what cannot recover. The tongue can no man tame (Jas 3:5-8). Speak short; the forest is the neighbor.\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_jas_3_5", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "information_encoding", "authority_trust", "FLOOR"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "5b2ce9c6fc44cc1cbffe7017c073ef0b14dfa781df42a2bb64e63ac4d09d0e58"}