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James 3:5

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So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

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James 3:5 in other translations

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

James 3:5 · American Standard Version

James 3:5 in context

  1. 3Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
  2. 4Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
  3. 5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
  4. 6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
  5. 7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;