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If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm chooses. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For brute nature under all its forms—beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes—can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.</p> <p class="hdg">True Wisdom from Above</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../james/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="James 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="James 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/james/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>