Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
The tongue is also a fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea
are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man
can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers,
this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow
from the same spring?