James 3

3 Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their whole body as well. 4 Look at the ships too: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are nevertheless directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot determines. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.

See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among *3:6 Lit our partsour body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our*3:6 Or existence, originlife, and is set on fire by *3:6 Gr Gehennahell.