Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The tongue, says ÆSOP, is at once the best and the worst of things. So in a fable, a man with the same breath blows hot and cold. "Life and death are in the power of the tongue" (compare Psalms 62:4).
brethren—an appeal to their consciences by their brotherhood in Christ.
ought not so to be—a mild appeal, leaving it to themselves to understand that such conduct deserves the most severe reprobation.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing James 3:10:
Proverbs 21:23
James 2:12
James 3:12
James 4:11
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