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So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things .
How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire !
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And the tongue is a fire .
The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members ,
staining the whole body ,
setting on fire the cycle of nature ,
and set on fire by hell .
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For every kind of beast and bird ,
of reptile and sea creature ,
can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind ,
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but no human being can tame the tongue--a restless evil ,
full of deadly poison .
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With it we bless the Lord and Father ,
and with it we curse men ,
who are made in the likeness of God .
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From the same mouth come blessing and cursing .
My brethren ,
this ought not to be so .