Verse 11
James 3:11
Noah Webster Bible
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Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and 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?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 3 Context
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My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
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For in many things we all offend. If any man offendeth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able...
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Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole bo...
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Behold also the ships, which though they are so great, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are...
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Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a littl...
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth...
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For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and ha...
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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9
With this we bless God (Elohim), even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the...
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10
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
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11
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
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Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain can yield both sa...
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13
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works w...
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14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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15
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demoniacal.
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16
For where envying and strife is , there is confusion and every evil work.
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, f...
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18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
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