James 3:12
Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, make olives, or the vines figs? thus also salt waters cannot be made sweet.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
11Can it be that one fountain shall send forth waters sweet and bitter?
13Who of you is wise and instructed? let him show his works in good conversations in meek wisdom.
Cross References
Matthew 7:16By their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather from thorns grapes, or from briers figs?
Luke 6:43A good tree maketh not evil fruits; also an evil tree maketh not good fruits:
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 →