James 3:5-9

5So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it 1boasts of great things.

2See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6And 3the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which 4defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our 5life, and is set on fire by 67hell. 7For every 8species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human 9race. 8But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of 10deadly poison. 9With it we bless 11our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, 12who have been made in the likeness of God;