4
Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
6
And 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.
7
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
8
But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.