James 3:6-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁶ And ^(A)the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which ^(B)defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our ^[a]life, and is set on fire by ^[b](C)hell. ⁷ For every ^[c]species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human ^[d]race. ⁸ But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of ^(D)deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless ^(E)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, ^(F)who have been made in the likeness of God; ¹⁰ from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. ¹¹ Does a fountain send out from the same opening both ^[e]fresh and bitter water? ^12 (G)Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce ^[f]fresh.