James 3:6-10 ▼

6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our existence, and is set on fire by hell.

7 For every kind of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.

9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God.

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.