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My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
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For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
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Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
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Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
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Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set 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.