5. Our tongues are small too, and yet they boast about big things.It takes only a spark to start a forest fire!
6. The tongue is like a spark. It is an evil power that dirties the rest of the body and sets a person's entire life on fire with flames that come from hell itself.
7. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures can be tamed and have been tamed.
8. But our tongues get out of control. They are restless and evil, and always spreading deadly poison.
9-10. My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to be like God, and this isn't right.
11. Can clean water and dirty water both flow from the same spring?