KJV ² For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

KJV ³ Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

KJV ⁴ Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

KJV ⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

KJV ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

KJV ⁷ For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

KJV ⁸ But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.