James 3:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Look also at the ships, which, though they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned with a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.

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  • Ps 107:25-27 : 25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty storm in the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.
  • Matt 8:24 : 24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
  • Acts 27:14-38 : 14 But not long after, a tempestuous wind arose, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we let her be driven. 16 And running under a certain island called Clauda, we had much work to secure the boat: 17 Which when they had taken up, they used aids to undergird the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they lowered the sail, and so were driven. 18 And being exceedingly tossed by a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And on the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the ship's tackle. 20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then lost. 21 But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in their midst, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete, and incurred this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to take courage: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but only of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Do not fear, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and indeed, God has granted you all those who sail with you. 25 Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be just as it was told to me. 26 However, we must be cast upon a certain island. 27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were nearing land; 28 And they sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing lest we should be driven upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for daybreak. 30 And as the sailors were attempting to escape from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretext of laying out anchors from the prow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved. 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall away. 33 And while the day was coming, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, having taken nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take nourishment: for this is for your safety: for not a hair will fall from the head of any of you. 35 And when he had said this, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. 36 Then they were all encouraged, and they also took food. 37 And we were in all on the ship two hundred seventy-six souls. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw the wheat into the sea.

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    2For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

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

  • Jas 3:5-7
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    5Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!

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

    7For every kind of beast, and of bird, and of serpent, and of things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

  • Ps 104:25-26
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    25This great and wide sea, in which are creeping things innumerable, both small and great beasts.

    26There go the ships: there is Leviathan, which You have made to play there.

  • Acts 27:39-41
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    39And when it was day, they did not recognize the land: but they observed a certain creek with a shore, into which they planned, if it were possible, to run the ship.

    40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted the mainsail to the wind, and made for shore.

    41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast, and remained immovable, but the stern was broken up by the violence of the waves.

  • Ps 107:23-25
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    23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

    24These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

    25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves.

  • Acts 27:13-15
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    13And when the south wind blew softly, they assumed they had obtained their purpose, setting sail, they sailed close by Crete.

    14But not long after, a tempestuous wind arose, called Euroclydon.

    15And when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we let her be driven.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm for us? for the sea was rough, and was tempestuous.

    12And he said to them, Take me up, and throw me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm for you: for I know that for my sake this great storm is upon you.

    13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to land; but they could not: for the sea worked, and was tempestuous against them.

  • Ezek 27:25-26
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    25The ships of Tarshish sang of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

    26Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.

  • Mark 4:36-38
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    36And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him just as he was in the ship. And there were also other little ships with him.

    37And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

    38And he was in the stern of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awoke him, and said to him, Master, do you not care that we are perishing?

  • Jonah 1:4
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    4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty storm in the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.

  • Prov 21:1
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    1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

  • Acts 27:17-19
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    17Which when they had taken up, they used aids to undergird the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they lowered the sail, and so were driven.

    18And being exceedingly tossed by a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

    19And on the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the ship's tackle.

  • Ps 48:7
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    7You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

  • Ezek 27:29
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    29And all who handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

  • Matt 14:24
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    24But the ship was now in the middle of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

  • Matt 8:24
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    24And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

  • Eccl 1:6
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    6The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north; it whirls around continually, and the wind returns again according to its circuits.

  • Job 37:12
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    12And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

  • Isa 33:23
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    23Your tackle is loosed; they could not strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then the prey of great plunder is divided, the lame take the prey.

  • Ps 107:29-30
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    29He makes the storm calm, so that the waves are still.

    30Then they are glad because they are quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven.

  • Isa 2:16
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    16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27
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    27And Hiram sent his servants, seamen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  • Acts 27:30
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    30And as the sailors were attempting to escape from the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretext of laying out anchors from the prow,

  • Ezek 27:8
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    8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyre, who were in you, were your pilots.

  • Matt 8:27
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    27But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

  • Acts 27:7
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    7And when we had sailed slowly for many days, and barely came opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us, we sailed under Crete, opposite Salmone;

  • Prov 23:34
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    34Yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as one who lies upon the top of a mast.

  • Luke 8:23
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    23But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in danger.

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'

  • Matt 14:32
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    32And when they got into the ship, the wind ceased.

  • Ps 89:9
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    9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.