James 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
Job 15:13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Matthew 12:37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Romans 7:21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13
Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →