9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.

10 Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.

11 In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?

12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.