James 3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

James 3Taming the Tongue

1 able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.

3If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies.

4Or look at ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

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7For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species,

8 evil, full of deadly poison.

9 and Father, and with it we curse people, made in the likeness of God.

10From the same mouth comes a blessing and a curse. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.

11Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water?

12Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

Two Kinds of Wisdom

13 is sown in peace by those who make peace.

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