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Just so we can make horses obey us, and turn their whole bodies this way and that, by putting a curb in their mouths. (James 3, 3)
Or look at ships; how huge they are, how boisterous are the winds that drive them along! And yet a tiny rudder will turn them this way and that, as the captain’s purpose will have it. (James 3, 4)
Just so, the tongue is a tiny part of our body, and yet what power it can boast! How small a spark it takes to set fire to a vast forest! (James 3, 5)
And that is what the tongue is, a fire. Among the organs of our nature, the tongue has its place as the proper element in which all that is harmful lives. It infects the whole body, and sets fire to this mortal sphere of ours, catching fire itself from hell.✻ (James 3, 6)
What, my brethren, can a fig-tree yield olives, or a vine figs? No more easily will brackish water yield fresh. (James 3, 12)
Does any of you lay claim to wisdom or learning? Then let him give proof of his quality by setting a good example, living peaceably as a wise man should. (James 3, 13)
such wisdom as yours does not come from above, it belongs to earth and to nature, and is fit only for devils. (James 3, 15)
Where there is jealousy, where there is rivalry, there you will find disorder and every kind of defect. (James 3, 16)
Whereas the wisdom which does come from above is marked chiefly indeed by its purity, but also by its peacefulness; it is courteous and ready to be convinced, always taking the better part; it carries mercy with it, and a harvest of all that is good; it is uncensorious, and without affectation. (James 3, 17)
What leads to war, what leads to quarrelling among you? I will tell you what leads to them; the appetites which infest your mortal bodies. (James 4, 1)
Your desires go unfulfilled, so you fall to murdering; you set your heart on something, and cannot have your will, so there is quarrelling and fighting. Why cannot you have your will? Because you do not pray for it, (James 4, 2)
or you pray, and what you ask for is denied you, because you ask for it with ill intent; you would squander it on your appetites. (James 4, 3)
