James 3:5-9

5Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

7For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

8But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.