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James 3:5

— Even so the tongue is a lit­tle mem­ber, and boast­eth great things. Be­hold, how great a mat­ter a lit­tle fire kindleth!

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…4 Be­hold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driv­en of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whith­er­so­ev­er the gov­er­nor lis­teth. 5 Even so the tongue is a lit­tle mem­ber, and boast­eth great things. Be­hold, how great a mat­ter a lit­tle fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of in­iq­ui­ty: so is the tongue among our mem­bers, that it de­fileth the whole body, and set­teth on fire the course of na­ture; and it is set on fire of hell.…

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