3. Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4. Behold also the ships, which though they are so great, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, withersoever the governor willeth.
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 from hell.
7. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
8. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9. With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God.