James 3:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

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  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
  • Matt 12:37 : 37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
  • Jas 3:5-6 : 5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
  • Prov 20:9 : 9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
  • Rom 3:10 : 10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;
  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.
  • Rom 7:21 : 21 So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.
  • Jas 1:4 : 4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us. 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil. 10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
  • Col 1:28 : 28 Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
  • 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;
  • Ps 34:13 : 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.
  • Jas 2:10 : 10 For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

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    3 Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

    4 And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.

    5 Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

    6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

    7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

    8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

    9 With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

    10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

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    1 Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

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  • Jas 1:25-26
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    25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

    26 If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

  • Jas 1:19-20
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    19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

    20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

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    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

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    8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

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    15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

  • Prov 10:19
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    19 Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10 For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

  • Jas 1:23
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    23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Titus 3:2-3
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    2 To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

    3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

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    12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

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    17 So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.

  • Gal 6:1
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    1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

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    13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

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    10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

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    4 A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

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    4 Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

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    36 And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

  • Jas 5:19
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    19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

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    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

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    9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

  • Col 3:8
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    8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

  • Jas 1:4
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    4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1 By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

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    11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

  • 1 Pet 2:22
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    22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

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    40 The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

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    8 For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.