Weymouth New Testament WNT
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8 But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of 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 it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made 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 Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
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Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
11 In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
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Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
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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 Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.
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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 in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
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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 is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
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Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
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For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17 The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.
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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 And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.
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Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
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