3 When we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we control their whole body also.
4 Look at the ships too, though they are so large, even when driven by fierce winds they are turned by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the helmsman wills.
5 So also the tongue is a small member and makes great boasts. Behold, how great a forest is set on fire by a little spark!
6 And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.