4And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.
5Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
6And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
7For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;
8But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
9With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
10Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.
