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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
4
Behold also the ships, which though they are so great are driven of fierce winds, yet they are governed with a very small rudder, wherever the governor desires.
5
In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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For every nature of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of beings in the sea may be tamed and is tamed by mankind,
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but no man can tame the tongue, which is an evil that cannot be restrained and is full of deadly poison.