James 3:8-12

8Yet, no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil filled with deadly poison.

9With our tongues we praise our Lord and Father. Yet, with the same tongues we curse people, who were created in God’s likeness.

10Praise and curses come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen!

11Do clean and polluted water flow out of the same spring?

12My 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.