James 3:5
The Power of the Tongue
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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James 3:4
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.
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James 3:6
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.