James 3:5-13 (King James Version)

 ⁵Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

 ⁶And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

 ⁷For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

 ⁸But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

 ⁹Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

 ¹⁰Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

 ¹¹Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

 ¹²Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

 ¹³Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.