JAMES 3

9 We use our tongue to praise God, who is our Lord and Father, but we also use our same tongue to ask God to say evil things to people. That is very wrong! God made people like himself, so we should speak as respectfully to others as we speak to God. 10 We praise God, but with our same mouth we also ask for evil things to happen to others. My fellow believers, this should not be! 11 Surely bitter water and good water do not come out of the same spring! [RHQ] 12 My fellow believers, a fig tree cannot [RHQ] produce olives. Nor can [RHQ] a grapevine produce figs. Neither can a salty spring produce good water. Similarly, we should say only good things, and we should not say evil things [MET].