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James 3:7-12
One spring, one kind of fruit
Tame the Tongue Speak Wisely · James 3
Story guide: Neighbors gather around a clear stone spring beneath a fruiting fig tree. A teacher points to a clear spring and fig tree as neighbors consider the integrity of speech.
Open this scene in the reader →7For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, is being tamed and has been tamed by humankind.
8But no one among men is able to tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who have been made according to the likeness of God.
10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
11Does a spring pour out both sweet and bitter water from the same opening?
12My brothers, can a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can salt water produce fresh water.
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