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If anyone does not stumble in word, he <i>is</i> a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.</span></p><p><span class="text Jas-3-5">See how great a forest a little fire kindles! </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the tongue <i>is</i> a fire, a world of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>nature; and it is set on fire by <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>hell. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But no man can tame the tongue. <i>It is</i> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>similitude of God. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Does a spring send forth fresh <i>water</i> and bitter from the same opening? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.</span></p> <h3> Heavenly Versus Demonic Wisdom</span></h3><p><span class="text Jas-3-13"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who <i>is</i> wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct <i>that</i> his works <i>are done</i> in the meekness of wisdom. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But if you have bitter envy and <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>This wisdom does not descend from above, but <i>is</i> earthly, sensual, demonic. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For where envy and self-seeking <i>exist,</i> confusion and every evil thing <i>are</i> there. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-30322a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:2">James 3:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>mature</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30323b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:3">James 3:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>Now if</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30326c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:6">James 3:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>unrighteousness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30326d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:6">James 3:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>existence</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30326e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:6">James 3:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Gr. <i>Gehenna</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30329f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:9">James 3:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>likeness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30332g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:12">James 3:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>Neither can a salty spring produce fresh water.</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-30334h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to James 3:14">James 3:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>selfish ambition</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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