5Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
5Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
3 For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of the governor willeth.
5 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.
7 For every nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the nature of man:
3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
3:5Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
3:5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
3:5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
3:5so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!
3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!