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5 So also the tongue is a little member, and proudly vaunts. Behold how great a pile of wood, a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: in such manner is the tongue placed among our members, that it defileth all the body, and setteth on fire the circle of nature; and is set on fire of hell. 7 For every species of wild beasts, and also of birds, of reptiles, and even of fishes, is tamed, and hath also been tamed by human ingenuity: 8 but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless God even the Farther; and with the same we curse men, though after the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth goeth forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be thus. James 3:5-10, Haweis New Testament. Public domain.
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