James 3:5
“Euen so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things: behold, how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.”
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James 3:5 Context
3Behold, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about their whole body. 4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driuen of fierce windes, yet are they turned about with a very small helme, whithersoeuer the gouernour listeth. 5Euen so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things: behold, how great a matter a litle fire kindleth. 6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquitie: so is the tongue amongst our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell. 7For euery kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind.
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Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
- King James Version
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and {yet} it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
- New American Standard Version (1995)