"THE TONGUE"

 "EVEN SO THE TONGUE IS A LITTLE MEMBER, AND BOASTETH GREAT THINGS. BEHOLD HOW GREAT A MATTER A LITTLE FIRE KINDLETH!" JAMES 3:5

"AND THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF INIQUITY: SO IS THE TONGUE AMONG OUR MEMBERS, THAT IT DEFIELTH THE WHOLE BODY, AND SETTETH ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE; AND IT IS SET ON FIRE OF HELL. JAMES 3:6."

VS 7"FOR EVERY KIND OF BEAST, AND OF BIRDS, AND OF SERPENTS, AND OF THINGS IN THE SEA, IS TAMED, AND HATH BEEN TAMED OF MANKIND;

VS 8 " BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME; IT IS AN UNRULY EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY POISON.

VS 9 " THERE WITH WE BLESS GOD, EVEN THE FATHER AND WITH THE SAME TONGUE WE CURSE MEN, WHICH ARE MADE AFTER THE LIKENESS OF GOD.

VS 10 " OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH PROCEEDTH BLESSING AND CURSINGS. MY BRETHREN, THESE THINGS OUGHT NOT BE SO."

VS 11 " DOETH A FOUNTAIN SEND FORTH AT THE SAME PLACE SWEET WATER AND BITTER."

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