James 3:1-4 ▼

1 Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

2 For we all fail in many things; if any one fails not in word, the same is a perfect man, able even to bridle the whole body.

3 But if we put bridles into the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us; and we manage their whole body;

4 behold also the ships, being so great, and driven by fierce winds, are managed by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the will of the steersman prefers;