GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
8 Yet, no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil filled with deadly poison.
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but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With our tongues we praise our Lord and Father. Yet, with the same tongues we curse people, who were created in God's likeness.
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With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.
10 Praise and curses come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen!
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Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
11 Do clean and polluted water flow out of the same spring?
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Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree produce olives? Can a grapevine produce figs? In the same way, a pool of salt water can't produce fresh water.
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My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 Do any of you have wisdom and insight? Show this by living the right way with the humility that comes from wisdom.
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Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
14 But if you are bitterly jealous and filled with self-centered ambition, don't brag. Don't say that you are wise when it isn't true.
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But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
15 That kind of wisdom doesn't come from above. It belongs to this world. It is self-centered and demonic.
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Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 Wherever there is jealousy and rivalry, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
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For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17 However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure. Then it is peaceful, gentle, obedient, filled with mercy and good deeds, impartial, and sincere.
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But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
18 A harvest that has God's approval comes from the peace planted by peacemakers.
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Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
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