NITHYAM SONGSJames 3
World English Bible (WEB) • 18 verses
1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
Related1 Timothy 1:7 · Luke 12:47-48 · 1 Peter 5:3 · 1 Corinthians 12:28 · Matthew 23:13 · Matthew 23:8-10
2For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
3Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
4Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
RelatedProverbs 18:21 · Jeremiah 9:3-8 · Proverbs 12:18 · Proverbs 15:2 · Psalms 17:10 · Psalms 73:8-9
6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
RelatedPsalms 120:2-3 · Proverbs 16:27 · Mark 7:15 · Matthew 15:11-20 · Proverbs 15:1 · Mark 7:20-22
7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
RelatedMark 5:4
8but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
10Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
RelatedRomans 12:14 · 1 Peter 3:9 · 1 Corinthians 3:3 · Psalms 50:16-20 · 1 Timothy 5:13 · Micah 3:11
11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
RelatedMatthew 12:33 · Luke 6:43-44 · Matthew 7:16-20 · Jeremiah 2:21 · Romans 11:16-18 · Ezekiel 47:8-11
13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
RelatedJames 3:16 · 1 Corinthians 13:4 · Philippians 2:3 · 1 Corinthians 3:3 · Romans 13:13 · 2 Corinthians 12:20
15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
RelatedJames 3:17 · James 1:17 · 1 Corinthians 3:19 · John 3:17 · 1 Corinthians 2:14 · Philippians 3:19
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
RelatedJames 3:14 · 1 Corinthians 3:3 · 1 Corinthians 14:33 · 1 John 3:12 · Galatians 5:20 · Genesis 11:9
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
RelatedGalatians 5:22-23 · Proverbs 2:6 · 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 · James 3:15 · Romans 12:9 · Matthew 5:8
18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
RelatedMatthew 5:9 · Hosea 10:12 · Philippians 1:11 · Isaiah 32:16-17 · Galatians 6:8 · Proverbs 11:30
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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.