James:3:1-12

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* My brethren , be not many masters , knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation . * For in many things we offend all . If any man offend not in word , the same is a perfect man , and able also to bridle the whole body . * Behold , we put bits in the horses ' mouths , that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body . * Behold also the ships , which though they be so great , and are driven of fierce winds , yet are they turned about with a very small helm , whithersoever the governor listeth . * Even so the tongue is a little member , and boasteth great things . Behold , how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! * 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 . * For every kind of beasts , and of birds , and of serpents , and of things in the sea , is tamed , and hath been tamed of mankind : * But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil , full of deadly poison . * Therewith bless we God , even the Father ; and therewith curse we men , which are made after the similitude of God . * Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing . My brethren , these things ought not so to be . * Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter ? * Can the fig tree , my brethren , bear olive berries ? either a vine , figs ? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh .

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