The Untamable Tongue
1 My brethren, alet not many of you become teachers, bknowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
2 For awe all stumble in many things. bIf anyone does not stumble in word, che is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Indeed, awe put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
5 Even so athe tongue is a little member and bboasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
6 And athe tongue is a fire, a world of1 iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it bdefiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of2 nature; and it is set on fire by3 hell.
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in James 3:3:
Awe {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Body {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Put {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Other definition entries containing James 3:3:
Busybody {I.S.B.E.}
James, Epistle Of {I.S.B.E.}
Wisdom {I.S.B.E.}
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