James 1:26 References
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If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not abridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.
a Psalms 39:1, Psalms 141:3, James 3:2-12
Psalms 39
1
I said, "I will aguard my ways That I bmay not sin with my tongue; I will guard cmy mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."
Psalms 141
James 3
2
For we all astumble in many ways. bIf anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a cperfect man, able to dbridle the whole body as well.
3
Now aif we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
4
Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.
6
And athe tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which bdefiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by chell.
7
For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.
9
With it we bless aour Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, bwho have been made in the likeness of God;
10
from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
11
Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?