Verse 11
James 3:11
Literal Standard Version
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does the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
Original Language Text
greek
μήτι ἡ πηγὴ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ὀπῆς βρύει τὸ γλυκὺ καὶ τὸ πικρόν;
English Translation
Does not the fountain bubble forth from the same opening both the sweet and the bitter?
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Chapter 3 Context
1
Do not let many be teachers, my brothers, having known that we will receive greater judgment,
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for we all make many stumbles; if anyone does not stumble in word, this one is a perfect man, able t...
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behold, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and we direct their whol...
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behold, also the ships, being so great, and being driven by fierce winds, are directed by a very sma...
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so also the tongue is a little member, and boasts greatly; behold, how much forest a little fire kin...
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And the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, whi...
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For every nature, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is sub...
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but no one of men is able to subdue the tongue—it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison;
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with it we bless the God (Elohim) and Father, and with it we curse the men made according to the lik...
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out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing; it does not need, my brothers, these things...
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does the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
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Is a fig tree able, my brothers, to make olives? Or a vine figs? Neither is salty water able to have...
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Who is wise and intelligent among you? Let him show his works out of good behavior in meekness of wi...
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yet, if you have bitter zeal, and rivalry in your heart, do not glory, nor lie against the truth;
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this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
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for where zeal and rivalry are, there is insurrection and every evil matter;
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but the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, well-convinced, full of k...
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and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
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