6 And the tongue is like a fire. It is a whole world of evil among the parts of our bodies. The tongue spreads its evil through the whole body. It starts a fire that influences all of life. The tongue gets this fire from hell.
7 People can tame every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and fish, and they have tamed them.
8 But no one can tame the tongue. It is wild and evil. It is full of poison that can kill.
9 We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father, but then we curse people. And God made them like himself.
10 Praises and curses come from the same mouth! My brothers, this should not happen.
11 Do good and bad water flow from the same spring?
12 My brothers, can a fig tree make olives? Can a grapevine make figs? No! And a well full of salty water cannot give good water.