7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
8 But no man is able to tame the tongue. It is unruly, evil, filled with deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our Elohim and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of Elohim.
10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be so.
11 Does the fountain send forth the sweet and the bitter from the same opening?
12 My brothers, is a fig tree able to bear olives, or a grapevine figs? So neither is a fountain able to make salt and sweet water.
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom.