When we put bits into mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example…they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.
Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. James 3:3-6.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. James 3:16.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13.
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. Matthew 12:36. Amen.
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