James 3:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ [^LFor] People can tame every ·kind [species] of wild animal, bird, reptile, and ·fish [^Lsea creature], and they have tamed them, ⁸ but no one can tame the tongue. It is ·wild and evil [or a restless evil; or an uncontrollable evil] and full of deadly poison. ⁹ ·We use our tongues to [^LWith it we] ·praise [bless] our Lord and Father, but ·then [^Lwith it] we curse people, whom God made ·like himself [^Lin his likeness; Gen. 1:27].