James 3:8-17

8but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the likeness of God:

10out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.

13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him shew by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

14But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

15This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

16For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.