James 3:1-8 (CJB) | TrulyRandomVerse

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Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, since you know that we will be judged more severely.

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For we all stumble in many ways; if someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who can bridle his whole body.

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If we put a bit into a horse’s mouth to make it obey us, we control its whole body as well.

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And think of a ship — although it is huge and is driven by strong winds, yet the pilot can steer it wherever he wants with just a small rudder.

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So too the tongue is a tiny part of the body, yet it boasts great things. See how a little fire sets a whole forest ablaze!

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Yes, the tongue is a fire, a world of wickedness. The tongue is so placed in our body that it defiles every part of it, setting ablaze the whole of our life; and it is set on fire by Gei-Hinnom itself.

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For people have tamed and continue to tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures;

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but the tongue no one can tame — it is an unstable and evil thing, full of death-dealing poison!

James 3:1-8

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