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 unrighteousness; the tongue is set among 4our body’s parts as that which 5defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our 6life, and is set on fire by 78hell. 7For every 9species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human 10race. 8But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of 11deadly poison. 9With it we bless 12our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, 13who have been made in the likeness of God;