Psalm 39:1
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Vanity of Life.
For the choir director, for [a]Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will (A)guard my ways
That I (B)may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard (C)my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”
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- Psalm 39:1 1 Chr 16:41
Psalm 141:3
New American Standard Bible 1995
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- Psalm 141:3 Lit to
James 3:2-12
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 For we all (A)stumble in many ways. (B)If anyone does not stumble in [a]what he says, he is a (C)perfect man, able to (D)bridle the whole body as well. 3 Now (E)if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well. 4 Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it (F)boasts of great things.
(G)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And (H)the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which (I)defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our [b]life, and is set on fire by [c](J)hell. 7 For every [d]species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human [e]race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of (K)deadly poison. 9 With it we bless (L)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, (M)who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. 11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both [f]fresh and bitter water? 12 (N)Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce [g]fresh.
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- James 3:2 Lit word
- James 3:6 Or existence, origin
- James 3:6 Gr Gehenna
- James 3:7 Lit nature
- James 3:7 Lit nature
- James 3:11 Lit sweet
- James 3:12 V 11, note 1
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