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A woman cups fresh spring water beside fig and olive trees bearing their proper fruit.
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James 3:7-12

One spring, one kind of fruit

Tame the Tongue Speak Wisely · James 3

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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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