James 3:5-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁵ So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it ^(A)boasts of great things.

^(B)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! ⁶ And ^(C)the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which ^(D)defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our ^[a]life, and is set on fire by ^[b](E)hell. ⁷ For every ^[c]species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human ^[d]race.